Whoever tries to separate Taiwan from China will be fragmented and will self-destruct

China's Defense Minister Dong Jun warned that whoever tries to separate Taiwan from China "will be dismembered and will self-destruct." He said this at the "Shangri La Dialogue" conference held in Singapore, RTHK quotes.

Dong Jun accused Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party of "de-Chineseization". The minister noted that foreign powers "continue to weaken the principle of "one China" by pushing forward bills related to Taiwan and continuing to sell arms to Taiwan."

He said foreign powers want to use the island, which Beijing considers a breakaway state, to contain the PRC, thereby "endangering Taiwan."

Dong Jun stressed that Beijing has always been committed to peaceful reunification, but that prospect is being undermined by Taipei's quest for independence, as well as foreign forces.

"The Chinese military has always been an invincible and powerful force and will take timely and decisive action to contain Taiwan's pro-independence forces and ensure that these efforts never succeed," he threatened.

China's Ministry of Defense has already announced that Taiwan's leadership is approaching the "dangerous threshold of war" because of its "open propaganda of the two-state theory."

In May, the inauguration of the new president Lai Tsinde took place in Taiwan. Beijing warned that his choice would be interpreted as a choice in favor of war.

China considers Taiwan its inalienable territory. Taipei, which declared independence in 1949, strongly rejects the "one country, two systems" model that Beijing has promoted since the 1980s.