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[China](https://opoyi.com/from-sep-1-foreign-ships-in-china-waters-will-have-to-report-cargo-details) could be able to potentially make a "full-scale" invasion of Taiwan happen by 2025, the island's defense minister said on Wednesday. This comes days after days 150 Chinese [warplanes](https://opoyi.com/in-show-of-strength-china-flies-record-56-warplane-towards-self-ruled-taiwan) flew into Taiwan's air defense zone. "With regards to staging an attack on Taiwan, they currently have the ability. But [China] has to pay the price," Chiu Kuo-cheng, the defense minister, told Taiwanese journalists on Wednesday. Chiu Kuo-cheng, at a parliament meeting, said that the cross-strait military [tensions](https://opoyi.com/french-senators-reach-taiwan-amid-tensions-with-china) were "the most serious" in over 40 years since he joined the military, Taiwan's official Central News Agency (CNA) reported. “At the...
