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BEIJING — China threatens Taiwan Wednesday while repeating, it seemed to scale back the war game near the autonomous islands it claimed to be its own territory. Highest level in years.
The message of a lengthy policy statement issued by the Cabinet's Taiwan Secretariat and its News Division describes nearly a week of missile launches by Chinese warships and air forces and the followed by an invasion of airplane.
This action disrupted flights and transportation in a region critical to global supply chains and sparked strong condemnation from the United States, Japan and others.
China's statement in English The edition said that Beijing would "approach with the utmost sincerity and make every possible effort to achieve peaceful reunification."
"However, we do not intend to renounce the use of force and reserve the option to take all necessary measures.
"We are always ready to respond to any external interference or extreme separatist action with force or any other means necessary." Our ultimate goal is to secure the prospects for China's peaceful reunification and move this process forward."
China announced last week that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi She said her visit to Taiwan prompted the threatening move, but Taiwan said such visits were routine and China used her trip simply as a pretext to heighten the threat. there is
In an additional response to Pelosi's visit, China Cut off dialogue with Taiwan's main military and political backer, the United States, on everything from maritime security to climate change.
Taiwan's foreign minister warned Tuesday that China's military drills reflected its ambitions to control vast swaths of the western Pacific, underscoring Taipei's readiness to defend itself. I did my own exercises for it.
Beijing's strategy includes controlling the East and South China Seas via the Taiwan Strait, imposing a blockade, and allowing the United States and its allies to assist Taiwan in an attack. Preventing this would include, Joseph Wu said at a press conference in Taipei.
Beijing extended ongoing exercises without announcing when they would end, but for the time being it appeared to have run its course.
China's Ministry of Defense and the Eastern Theater Command both issued statements that the exercises had achieved their goal of sending a warning to supporters of Taiwan's formal independence and its foreign supporters.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and the Democratic Progressive Party government are "plunging Taiwan into the depths of ruin and sooner or later will be nailed to a pillar of historical shame." Defense Ministry spokesperson Colonel Tan Kefei was quoted as saying in a statement posted on the Defense Ministry website:
Forces participating in the exercise "effectively tested their integrated joint combat capabilities," the Eastern Theater Command said on his Weixin microblog like Twitter. mentioned in the blog.
"Theater forces will monitor changes in the Taiwan Strait situation, continue military training and preparations, organize regular combat readiness patrols in the Taiwan Strait, and resolutely uphold national sovereignty and territorial integrity. We will protect it as such," the spokesperson said. Colonel Shi Yi was quoted as saying:
Taiwan, split from the mainland in the midst of a civil war in 1949, and its 23 million population overwhelmingly opposed political reunification with China, maintains close economic ties and factual relations.
Through its operations, China can move closer to Taiwan's borders and ultimately control access to Taiwan's ports and airspace. You may be trying to establish a new standard.
Along with launching missiles into the Taiwan Strait, nearly a week of exercises saw Chinese ships and aircraft cross the Strait's centerline.
The United States, Taipei's main supporter, has also shown its willingness to confront the Chinese threat. Washington, out of respect for Beijing, does not enter into formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but legally mandates that the island be able to defend itself and treat all threats to Taiwan as a grave concern.
This leaves open the question of whether Washington will send troops if China attacks Taiwan. Staff quickly retracted those comments, as they had repeatedly stated. expansion could have a significant impact on international supply chains at a time when the world is already facing turmoil. Uncertainty as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
Taiwan, in particular, is an important provider of computer chips to the global economy, including China's high-tech sector.
With training, Taiwan has put its military on alert, but has so far refrained from taking aggressive countermeasures.
On Tuesday, the Chinese military held live-fire drills in Pingtung county on the southeast coast.
Australia's recent regime change is an opportunity to 'reset' troubled relations with China, but new government needs to 'treat Taiwan issue cautiously', Chinese envoy says said Wednesday.
China has dismissed foreign criticism of its actions, and the Australian ambassador to Australia has accused the United States and Japan of China's impeachment of China. He said he was "surprised" that he had signed a statement to do so. In response to Pelosi's visit to Japan, missiles were launched into Japanese waters.
Xiao Qian told his National Press Club that China wants to resolve the situation peacefully but "can never rule out the option of using other means."
"Therefore, when necessary and unavoidable, we are ready to take any necessary measures," Xiao said. "What do you mean by 'all means necessary'? Use your imagination."
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