China claims Taiwan as its own territory and in the past two years has stepped up military and diplomatic pressure to assert its sovereignty claim.
China was willing to try its utmost to seek peaceful reunification with Taiwan but would act if any red lines on independence were crossed, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office, told a media briefing.
"If separatist forces in Taiwan seeking independence provoke, exert force or even break through any red line, we will have to take drastic measures," Ma said, Reuters reported.
Taiwan has emerged as a key factor in strained relations between China and the United States, the island's most important international backer and arms supplier despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties.
China regularly describes the island as the most sensitive issue in its ties with the United States.
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