[Raw Conservative] Taiwan’s foreign minister is warning of war with China and is asking Austraila for aid with intelligence, Australian Broadcasting reports.The news comes after the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China flew dozens of sorties into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) beginning on Friday.
On ABC’s "China Tonight," Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said that if the PLA launches an actual strike, Taiwan is ready to repel it.
"The defense of Taiwan is in our own hands, and we are absolutely committed to that," Wu said.
The statement comse after Taiwan sharply criticized China on Saturday after Beijing marked the founding of the People’s Republic of China with the largest ever incursion by the Chinese air force into the island’s air defense zone.
Taiwan, a democratically governed island that is claimed by China, has complained for more than a year of repeated missions near it by China’s air force, often in the southwestern part of its air defense zone close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.
Taiwanese fighters scrambled against 38 Chinese aircraft in two waves on Friday, the Taiwan Defence Ministry said. It said Taiwan sent combat aircraft to warn away the Chinese aircraft, while missile systems were deployed to monitor them.