Citizens of Taiwan are shaken by the news, and China's refusal to comment on the matter has increased Taiwan's uneasiness. U.S. officials were skeptical about the chances of an attack, but are monitoring the situation closely.
People are worried when they think of a possible attack by China.
There has been rivalry between China and Taiwan since the end of the civil war in 1949, when the . Since China's civil war ended in 1949, Beijing has considered Taiwan a renegade province and maintains its government is not entitled to international relations. Beijing and Taipei have been bitter rivals since the end of the civil war in 1949, when the defeated Nationalists fled to the offshore island. China repeatedly has asked the United States not to invite Taiwan officials to Washington. But so far, Washington has refused to give in to those demands.