TAIPEI: China is building its capacity to rapidly turn military drills into a full-out attack, a senior Taiwan security official said, providing the Taipei government's assessment of the strategic intent behind Beijing's war games around the island this week. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, staged large-scale drills on Monday (Oct 14) that it said were a warning to "separatist acts" following last week's national day speech by Taiwan President Lai Ching-