Reuters
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday that the history of World War Two shows aggression and expansion will end in failure, responding to Chinese comments that the island would come into Beijing's hands sooner or later. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has repeatedly complained of stepped-up Chinese military activity, including drills this week off the island's southwestern coast that Beijing said were "routine". On Thursday, China's defence ministry, asked about Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercises later this year, said Taiwan was "like a mantis trying to stop a chariot" and "sooner or later we will take you back".