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Taiwan could survive initial China invasion, says minister

Soldiers with an artillery unit take part in a live-fire military exercise, which simulates an invasion by the People’s Liberation Army, in Pingtung, Taiwan in May 2019. (Photo: Reuters)

Taiwan’s defence minister says the island’s forces could repel an initial attack from China if they are well-prepared.

“China is certainly strong enough to start a war, but it’s not so strong that it can successfully take Taiwan within one or two weeks,” Chiu Kuo-cheng said in an interview published in English in CommonWealth magazine this week.

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