'At any cost': China warns US Navy over Taiwan
A senior Chinese military official warned the US Navy Tuesday against any "interference" in support of Taiwan's independence, saying that Beijing would defend its claim to the island "at any cost".
General Li Zuocheng, a member of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during a meeting in Beijing with Admiral John Richardson, the chief of US naval operations.
China sees Taiwan as part of its territory to be reunified, despite the two sides being ruled separately since they split in 1949 after a civil war won by Mao Zedong's communists.
The self-ruled island has its own currency, flag and government, but is not recognised as an independent state by the UN.
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If one reads the history of Taiwan Chinese rule was a very limited part of the island's history. Their claim to the island is no more legitimate than their claim to Tibet.
