
China blasts US 'bully', says it will 'fight to the end' for Taiwan
CNN
"Taiwan is first and foremost China's Taiwan," Wei told the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier defense conference, adding that China would "not hesitate" to crush any attempt by the self-governed island to "secede."
The speech -- which came just weeks after US President Joe Biden said the US would respond "militarily" if China attacked Taiwan -- capped a weekend of confrontational exchanges between the American and Chinese military chiefs.

The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his congressional briefings.












