Taiwan's defence minister Chiu Kuo-cheng, faced with a lawmaker's question in the country's parliament on Wednesday, said military tensions with China are at their worst in more than 40 years – certainly the “most serious” since he joined the military. Chiu said China already has the ability to invade Taiwan and it will be capable of mounting a "full scale" invasion by 2025. Tensions have hit a new high between Taipei and Beijing, which claims the democratic island as its own territory, and Chinese military aircraft have repeatedly flown through Taiwan's air defence identification zone. Watch the full video for more details.
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