Taiwan will not be forced into talks by China: Defense chief

Taiwan's Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) on Friday affirmed the military's stance that China cannot force Taiwan into talks with military coercion and the armed forces will do everything it can to defend the nation from a Chinese invasion.

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