China, Taiwan clash over history, Beijing says can’t ‘invade’ what is already Chinese territory

China, which claims Taiwan as its own, has increased military and political pressure in recent years and labels President Lai Ching-te a “separatist.”

China and Taiwan clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing views as provocations from Taiwan’s government, and said it is impossible to “invade” what is already Chinese land.