Taiwan cannot compar­e with China's defens­e budget and milita­ry develo­pments­TAIPEI,: Frequent and increased Chinese military drills pose an “enormous threat” to Taiwan’s security, Taipei warned on Tuesday in an annual defence review that starkly highlighted rising cross-strait tensions. China views Taiwan as part of its territory to be reunified at some point – by military force, if necessary. Local media estimate Chinese warplanes have conducted at least 20 drills around Taiwan this year, compared to just eight in 2016. The frequent drills “have created enormous threat to security in the Taiwan Strait,” Taiwanese defense minister Feng Shih-kuan said in the 14th national defense report released Tuesday. Instead Taiwan was “seriously reviewing and drawing a plan to develop asymmetric warfare to deter advances by the Chinese military,” he added.

Source: The Express Tribune December 26, 2017 06:56 UTC