Fighter jets flying over, Chinese leaders threaten reunification. Is the war lurking?

This country is not internationally recognized, and China regards it as part of its territory.
Chinese air force incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification zone
Tsai said this during a speech on Sunday in front of the Presidential Palace in Taipei at the celebration of Taiwan's Statehood Day, where the 110th anniversary of the revolution that ended the last Chinese imperial dynasty was marked.
The Taiwanese president pointed out that she hopes Taiwan would not "act rashly" but "there should be absolutely no illusions that the Taiwanese people will bow to pressure", which is obviously a signal to Beijing, which, according to experts, is afraid that Taipei will soon unilaterally declare independence. Also, Taiwan is facing the "most complex situation" in the last 72 years, i.e. since the end of the Chinese Civil War due to Chinese air force incursions into Taiwan's air defense identification zone.
"We will continue to bolster our national defense and demonstrate our determination to defend ourselves in order to ensure that nobody can force Taiwan to take the path China has laid out for us," the Taiwanese leader added.
"This is because the path that China has laid out offers neither a free and democratic way of life for Taiwan, nor sovereignty for our 23 million people", she said at the island's national day celebration.
"We will do our utmost to prevent the status quo from being unilaterally altered," President Tsai concluded, CNN reports. The statement of the Taiwanese president was a response to the message of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who stated only a day earlier that "the historical task of complete unification of the homeland must be fulfilled and will definitely be fulfilled."
On Saturday, China's leader...

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