TAIPEI: The head of Taiwan's top China policy body said on Thursday (Sep 12) that the democratically-governed island will never surrender in the face of intensifying pressure from a "more aggressive" Beijing. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it would never renounce the use of force to bring the self-ruled island under its control. Beijing has ramped up military and political pressure on Taipei in recent years, sending warplanes, drones and naval vessels around the