A senior member of the Taiwan government has appealed to Australia for help as the small, independent territory fears an imminent invasion by China.
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said countries such as Australia should develop closer ties with Taiwan as it faced a growing threat from its giant neighbour, which has always considered Taiwan part of its territory and not an independent nation.
'If China is going to launch a war against Taiwan we will fight to the end, and that is our commitment,' Mr Wu told the ABC's China Tonight program.
'The US has an abiding interest in peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and will continue to assist Taiwan in maintaining a "sufficient self-defence capability.
'The US commitment to Taiwan is rock solid and contributes to the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and within the region.
China has never ceded sovereignty to Taiwan since the forces of Chiang Kai-shek and approximately two million Republic of China soldiers retreated to the island in 1949 after Communist leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China in Beijing the same year.
Since that time, Taiwan has remained in a 'twilight zone' in which countries such as Australia do not recognise it as a sovereign nation, so they can maintain diplomatic relations with China, but deal with Taiwan 'unofficially'.
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