‘China’s Taiwan’: Beijing’s defence minister rails against ‘smearing and interfering’ US

Wei Fenghe says ties are at critical juncture and puts onus on United States to improve bilateral relationship

China will fight to the very end" to stop Taiwan from declaring independence, the country's defence minister has vowed in a speech amid his counterparts from other countries including the United States.

We will fight at all cost and we will fight to the very end. This is the only choice for China," Wei Fenghe told the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, where he called Taiwan first and foremost China's Taiwan".