Tensions between Washington and Beijing over the democratic island state of Taiwan are intensifying. China is now calling on the US to stop all military contacts and arms deliveries.
China’s provocations in the airspace near Taiwan and the US military support for the democratic island republic are causing increasing tensions. China urged the US on Friday to cease all military contacts and arms deliveries to Taiwan. Beijing’s Foreign Office spokesman Zhao Lijian responded to a report by the “Wall Street Journal”according to which American special forces and marines secretly trained troops in Taiwan.
“reunion”: China threatens to conquer Taiwan by force
The US should realize how delicate and dangerous the Taiwan issue is, the spokesman said. He warned of serious harm to relationships, as well as peace and stability. China will “all necessary measures” take action to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Beijing regards the democratic Taiwan only as part of the communist people’s republic and threatens a violent conquest “reunion”.
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen assured her that she wanted to avoid armed conflict with China. “Taiwan is not seeking a military confrontation”she said at a security forum in Taipei. It hopes for a peaceful, stable and predictable coexistence with its neighbors. “But Taiwan will also do everything it can to defend its freedom and democratic lifestyle.”
According to media report: USA is training Taiwanese troops
Tensions have recently intensified as a growing number of Chinese fighter jets, bombers and other military machines have repeatedly entered Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). China is turning the escalation screw and increasing the pressure on Taiwan and the USA.
As the “Wall Street Journal” reported, around two dozen special forces and supporting soldiers are training smaller units of the Taiwanese ground forces in a secret mission. The marines, in turn, worked with local naval forces and small boats. The deployment of the US military has been going on for at least a year and is on a rotation basis, it said.
Neither Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense nor the Pentagon wanted to comment specifically on the report. In response to questions about the US troops, Taiwan’s Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang said in Taipei that his government was trying to protect the sovereignty of the country by cooperating with other countries that shared similar values.
Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng warned in parliament on Wednesday that China should be able to invade the island by 2025 with minimal losses. Regarding the provocations of the military aircraft, the Minister said: “It’s the worst situation I’ve seen in my 40 years in the military.”
US submarine collision: China calls for it “detailed explanation
Also, China got from the US “detailed explanation” about the collision of a US Forces nuclear submarine with an unknown object in the Indo-Pacific. Beijing was “extremely concerned” about the incident, said Chinese Foreign Office spokesman Zhao Lijian on Friday. He accused the US of deliberately concealing the nature of the incident.
Beijing expects information from the government in Washington about what the submarine collided with, whether atomic energy has been released and whether the underwater world has been harmed, said Zhao. He accused the US of subjugating peace in the South China Sea “the banner of free shipping” to bother for a long time.
As the US Navy announced on Thursday, the accident occurred “USS Connecticut” already on Saturday “in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region”. Nobody was seriously injured on board. The incident and the exact extent of the damage would now be investigated “USS Connecticut” be in one “safe and stable condition”. China wants to expand its supremacy in the South China Sea. The USA is therefore increasingly showing its presence there.
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