BEIJING, June27 -- "Those who clamor for turning others' homeland into hell should get ready for burning in hell themselves," said a Chinese defense spokesperson at a regular press conference on Thursday.
Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks when asked to comment on the appalling and threatening words of a senior US military official.
According to reports, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command said that the US military has a plan called "hellscape" to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hell by using a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles, surface vessels and underwater systems, in a bid to respond to "attacks from the Chinese mainland". The US Naval News website also detailed the plan recently.
The defense spokesperson pointed out the cruel fact that in order to contain China with Taiwan, some individuals in the US are making crazy and inhumane plans to turn the Taiwan Strait into a hell.
"This once again shows that the separatists who are delusional about using US support for 'Taiwan independence' will ultimately be abandoned as a useless pawn," said the spokesperson.
"Taiwan belongs to China and China brooks no division. The Chinese PLA is able to fight and win in thwarting external interference and safeguarding our national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Threats and intimidation never work on us," stressed the spokesperson.
