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President Tsai Ing-wen thanked the international community for supporting Taiwan in her Lunar New Year message on Thursday, a day after China's military released a song urging the island to "come home" amid images of simulated missile attacks. China, which claims the democratically ruled island as its own territory, despite the objections of the government in Taipei, has increased military activity around Taiwan during the past four years, including staging war games nearby. In a short, pre-recorded video message before the start of the Lunar New Year on Saturday, Tsai said that in the face of the "rapidly changing international situation", Taiwan was united in its efforts to stand firm.
Defence Minister Li Shangfu vowed China would defend its interests, particularly over Taiwan, the biggest potential military flashpoint between the US and China.
Taiwanese rush to buy patches being worn by their air force pilots that depict a Formosan black bear punching Winnie the Pooh, as a defiant symbol of the island's resistance to Chinese war games.