Beijing demonstrated its outrage at Pelosi’s presence in Taiwan by blockading air and sea space. Nancy Pelosi met this Wednesday with the president of the breakaway province, Tsai Ing-wen.
The Chinese Navy and Air Force exercises are being seen as a direct response to a visit to Taiwan on Tuesday by U.S. diplomat Nancy Pelosi and violate UN rules.
The maritime and air exercises around Taiwan “endanger international shipping lanes, challenge the international order, and endanger the Taiwan Strait.” Reutersadding that Beijing is using psychological warfare to force people to report “fake news” to the authorities.
It is “an attempt to endanger our ports and important urban areas and unilaterally undermine regional peace and stability,” he said in a statement, promising “strengthened” defenses and a strong response.
A total of 21 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Tuesday, the island’s defense ministry said in a statement Wednesday.
Chinese aircraft raids occurred on the day of the arrival in Taipei of the head of the US House of Representatives as part of a visit to Asia.
Minister of Transport and Communications Taiwanese leader Wang Kwo-Tsai said, quoted by a Taiwanese news agency, that the country is in talks with Japan and the Philippines about an alternative air route.
Regarding the blockade of the Chinese navy, Taiwan’s port authorities urged ships to seek alternative routes and avoid areas where the Chinese military is stationed.
The speaker of the US House of Representatives arrived with a congressional delegation for an unannounced visit on Tuesday, ignoring China’s repeated warnings aimed at demonstrating the US’s unwavering commitment to Taiwanese democracy.
Nancy Pelosi is the most important US official to visit the island in the last 25 years. China, which considers Taiwan part of its territory, called the visit a major provocation and threatened the US with retaliatory measures.
“Our delegation came to Taiwan to make it clear that we will not give up on Taiwan,” Pelosi told Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in her speech at the Presidential Office in Taipei, adding that “…Now more than ever, America’s solidarity with Taiwan is critical, and that’s the message we carry today.”
The island’s president thanked Pelosi for her visit and said Taipei would do “whatever it takes” to strengthen its ability to defend itself.
China considers Taiwan part of its territory and has never renounced the use of force to control it. The United States warns China against using the visit as a pretext for military action against Taiwan.
Chinese leaders have expressed outrage at a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi, who landed in Taipei, the capital of what China calls a breakaway province, on Tuesday after visiting Singapore and Malaysia. be reunited by force if necessary.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
