From AFP, via Yahoo! News: “China issued a national defence policy for the first time since President Hu Jintao became military chief, with crushing “the vicious rise” of Taiwan independence forces at its core.
An 85-page white paper outlined a list of security threats, including nuclear issues on the Korean peninsula and Japan’s constitutional changes, but its main thrust was on its strained relations with Taiwan.
It described then as ‘grim’ and made clear any attempt at independence would be harshly dealt with.”
