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Taiwan issues starkest warning yet after China ramps up military action The warning came as Taipei on Tuesday conducted its own exercises to underscore it was ready to defend itself. Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said that beyond aiming to annex the island democracy, which split with the mainland amid civil war in 1949, China wants to establish its dominance in the western Pacific. That would include controlling of the East and South China seas via the Taiwan Strait and imposing a blockade to prevent the US and its allies from aiding Taiwan in the event of an attack, he...
