Xi: China must be ready for real war

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on China's armed forces to "strengthen training in the direction of real combat". Quoted by the CCTV broadcaster, Xi spoke during a naval inspection after three days of military exercises - on the air and on the sea - around the island of Taiwan. Taipei reports that on April 16, Beijing will impose a 'no-fly zone' in northern Taiwan for unspecified "space activities".

This is the warning of President Xi Jinping, matured a few hours after the meeting in Los Angeles between the president of the island Tsai Ing-wen and the speaker of the US House Kevin McCarthy, pronounced in the bilateral meeting held yesterday with the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen. "Anyone who makes a fuss about a Chinese issue will never agree with the Chinese government and people," Xi said, according to a statement released in recent hours by Beijing diplomacy. "It is wishful thinking to expect China to go down to Compromises on Taiwan"