Threats and intimidation never work on us: spokesperson for Chinese Ministry of National Defense

Chinese Ministry of National Defense spokesman Senior Colonel Wu Qian held a press conference on Thursday. The following is his response to the U.S. military plan “hellscape.”

Question: Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said that the U.S. military has a plan called “hellscape” to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hell using a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles, surface vessels and underwater systems in response to “attacks from the Chinese mainland.” The U.S. Naval News website also detailed the plan recently. What's your comment on this? 

Wu Qian: Those who clamor for turning others’ homeland into hell should get ready for burning in hell themselves. In order to contain China with Taiwan, some individuals in the U.S. 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 U.S. support for “Taiwan independence” will ultimately be abandoned as a useless pawn. 

Taiwan belongs to China and China brooks no division. The 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.