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Chinese Foreign Ministry on elections in Taiwan.
Taiwan is an indivisible part of our country and will not become a separate state, it will return to China
For obvious reasons, China's position has not changed.
As well as the position of the PLA, according to which an attempt to declare the independence of Taiwan will inevitably lead to war and the use of the Chinese armed forces to prevent the secession of the island.
Taiwan is an indivisible part of our country and will not become a separate state, it will return to China
For obvious reasons, China's position has not changed.
As well as the position of the PLA, according to which an attempt to declare the independence of Taiwan will inevitably lead to war and the use of the Chinese armed forces to prevent the secession of the island.
China be like "Run Me My Country of Taiwan Back."
American Activity off the Coast of China
In response to Chinese exercises in Taiwan, the Americans decided to do the same. However, they did not conduct any training sessions with Taiwanese troops. Instead, the US Armed Forces group became noticeably more active.
▪️ First, ships from the carrier strike group, led by the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and three escort ships, arrived in the area east of the island of Taiwan.
▪️ On January 24, the destroyer John Finn sailed south through the Taiwan Strait for the first time this year. The Americans present this as a "freedom of navigation operation", but in a provocative manner.
▪️ The destroyer's passage was actively monitored by two Chinese drones, as well as coast guard boats. At the same time, a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft from the Japanese Kadena air base monitored the actions of the PLA aircraft.
▪️ The next day, from the same Kadena, an E-3C AWACS aircraft operated over the Bashi Strait. While it was working, F-50 Fokker planes were circling suspiciously over Taiwan. It is likely that the E-3C was tracking the location of PLA air defense systems.
Given the activity of the Chinese in the South China Sea, tension in Southeast Asia has significantly increased. However, there are no prerequisites for escalation so far, as all these measures are standard actions in response to each other.
First, the Chinese made the Taiwanesenervous, then the Americans flexed their muscles, and today Chinese sources report high activity of aircraft and ships in the coastal waters of the East China Sea and in the Taiwan Strait. It appears that a new training has begun.
In response to Chinese exercises in Taiwan, the Americans decided to do the same. However, they did not conduct any training sessions with Taiwanese troops. Instead, the US Armed Forces group became noticeably more active.
▪️ First, ships from the carrier strike group, led by the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and three escort ships, arrived in the area east of the island of Taiwan.
▪️ On January 24, the destroyer John Finn sailed south through the Taiwan Strait for the first time this year. The Americans present this as a "freedom of navigation operation", but in a provocative manner.
▪️ The destroyer's passage was actively monitored by two Chinese drones, as well as coast guard boats. At the same time, a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft from the Japanese Kadena air base monitored the actions of the PLA aircraft.
▪️ The next day, from the same Kadena, an E-3C AWACS aircraft operated over the Bashi Strait. While it was working, F-50 Fokker planes were circling suspiciously over Taiwan. It is likely that the E-3C was tracking the location of PLA air defense systems.
Given the activity of the Chinese in the South China Sea, tension in Southeast Asia has significantly increased. However, there are no prerequisites for escalation so far, as all these measures are standard actions in response to each other.
First, the Chinese made the Taiwanesenervous, then the Americans flexed their muscles, and today Chinese sources report high activity of aircraft and ships in the coastal waters of the East China Sea and in the Taiwan Strait. It appears that a new training has begun.
“China is urging the United States to immediately halt official exchanges and military contacts with the island [of Taiwan] and not send the wrong signals to separatist forces of "Taiwan independence," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Friday, in response to reports that a Taiwan island navy chief will visit the United States next week”
Taiwan condemns 'shameless' China's thanks for global sympathy on quake
April 4, 20249:35 AM CDTUpdated 6 hours ago
People move a bicycle from a bicycle store in a damaged building as they place it outside the building, following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan, April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia...
TAIPEI, April 4 (Reuters) - Taiwan on Thursday condemned China as "shameless" after Beijing's deputy ambassador to the United Nations thanked the world for its concern about a strong earthquake on the island.
China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and also claims the right to speak for it on the international stage, to the fury of Taipei given Beijing's communist government has never ruled the island and has no say in how it chooses its leaders.
On Wednesday, after the 7.2 earthquake hit eastern Taiwan, killing 10 people, China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.N., Geng Shuang, mentioned at a meeting about children's rights that another speaker had brought up the quake in "China's Taiwan".
China is concerned about the damage and has expressed condolences to Taiwan and offered aid, he said, according to a transcript of his remarks carried on the Chinese mission to the U.N.'s website.
"We thank the international community for its expressions of sympathy and concern," he added.
Taiwan's foreign ministry expressed anger at the remarks.
The ministry "solemnly condemns China's shameless use of the Taiwan earthquake to conduct cognitive operations internationally", it said, using Taiwan's normal term for what it views as Chinese psychological warfare.
This shows China has no goodwill towards Taiwan, the ministry added.
Taiwan's government has already thanked governments and leaders around the world for their messages of concern and offers of support, including from the United States, the island's most important international supporter despite the lack of diplomatic ties.
The defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong's communists, who established the People's Republic of China with its capital in Beijing.
Taiwan's formal name remains the Republic of China.
China’s Xi Jinping says ‘no force’ can stop ‘reunion’ with Taiwan
Nathaniel Dove2:19Amid heightened tensions between Chinaand Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinpingtold a former Taiwanese president who supports unification that the countries “belong” together.
“Differences in systems cannot change the fact that both sides of the Taiwan Straits belong to the same country and nation,” Xi said.
“External interference cannot stop the historical trend of reunion of the country and family,” Xi said, in comments reported by Taiwanese media and published by Reuters.
“There is no rancour that cannot be resolved, no problem that cannot be discussed, and no force that can separate us.”
Ma Ying-jeou, who led Taiwan from 2008 until 2016, replied by saying a new war between the two countries would be “an unbearable burden for the Chinese nation.”
Beijing claims the independent island of Taiwan is a Chinese province and has threatened to use force to achieve unification. China frequently sends warplanes and naval vessels to circle the small island democracy and has been mounting an increasing number of military drills over recent years.
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The meeting took place on Wednesday in Beijing’s Great Hall, which is normally reserved for foreign leaders.
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Ma’s visit, ostensibly as the head of a student delegation, comes months after Taiwan decisively elected a government dedicated to maintaining independence.
Ma was largely excluded from his own pro-unification party’s campaign.
How China’s intimidation looms over Taiwan’s crucial election
The incoming leaders of the new government are visiting European countries friendly to Taiwan. China, one of the world’s dominant economic powers, does not enter diplomatic relations with countries that formally recognize Taiwan and has used its economic muscle to demand countries adhere to what’s known as the “One China” policy.
Taipei has been boosting relations with the United States and Japan while also maintaining close economic ties with the Chinese mainland.
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The United States has pledged to support Taiwan’s independence and criticized Beijing for its aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea.
Ma and Xi held the first meeting between leaders of their countries in 50 years in 2015. His Nationalist Party lost in the next election.
Taiwan’s formal name is the Republic of China, and the long-standing claim from China over the island stems from the 1949 flight of the defeated Republic of China government to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong’s communists in what is now the People’s Republic of China.