China will invade Japan & Philippines if it takes Taiwan, island’s President warns as Xi to back ‘reunification forces’

TAIWAN’S President has warned Asian neighbours that they are “next” if China invades the self-governing island. Lai Ching-te said that China would become “more aggressive” and attack other countries in the Indo-Pacific, undermining “peace and stability”. Advertisement “If Taiwan were annexed by China, China’s expansionist ambitions would not stop there,” he said. “The next countries under threat would be Japan, the Philippines, and others in the Indo-Pacific region, with repercussions eventually reaching the Americas and Europe.” The alarm was sounded as Lai and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) struggled to push through a new $40billion defence budget against parliamentary…