BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China is not going to promise to resign using pressure over Taiwan however that is aimed toward exterior interference and a small minority of separatists, China’s Taiwan Affairs Workplace mentioned on Wednesday following the nation’s newest warfare video games across the island.

China, which views democratically ruled Taiwan as its personal territory, staged a day of large-scale drills across the island on Monday it mentioned had been a warning to “separatist acts” following final week’s nationwide day speech by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te.

“We are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity and endeavour,” Chen Binhua, spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Workplace, informed an everyday press briefing in Beijing.

“But we will never commit ourselves to renouncing the use of force,” he mentioned.

That’s, nonetheless, aimed on the interference of “external forces” – a reference to america and its allies – and the very small variety of Taiwan separatists not the overwhelming majority of Taiwan’s individuals, Chen mentioned.

Taiwan’s authorities rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, saying solely the island’s individuals can determine their future.

Chatting with reporters in Taipei earlier on Wednesday, Taiwan Nationwide Safety Bureau Director-Normal Tsai Ming-yen mentioned China’s drills had backfired given the worldwide condemnation they generated, particularly from Washington.

“The Chinese communists’ military exercise has created a negative effect in that it made the international community more supportive of Taiwan,” he mentioned.