China Insists Won’t Renounce ‘Use of Force’ to Take Taiwan as Drills End

A man watches a news programme about Chinese military drills surrounding Taiwan, on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing on October 14, 2024. GREG BAKER / AFP

By Amber Wang with Sam Davies in Pingtan

China insisted on Monday it would never renounce the “use of force” to take control of Taiwan after ending a day of military drills around the self-ruled island that Beijing said was a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces.

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