It has never renounced the use of force to bring democratic Taiwan under its control. This means Beijing can monitor movements around Taiwan, helped by China’s regular use of its own spy planes, drones and intelligence gathering ships, it said. China’s Defence Ministry did not respond to a request for comment. With precision missile attacks that can hit anywhere on the island, China is also capable of “paralysing” Taiwan military command centres and combat capacity of its naval and air forces, it said. Chinese spies in Taiwan could launch a “decapitation strike” to destroy political and economic infrastructure, it added.

Source: Egypt Independent September 01, 2021 13:32 UTC