TAIPEI: Taiwan dispatching fighters, putting naval forces on alert, and activating missile systems in response to 34 nearby activities Chinese military aircraft and nine warships are part of Beijing’s strategy to destabilize and threaten democracy on the autonomous island.
China’s large-scale deployment comes as Beijing ramps up preparations for a potential blockade or direct attack on Taiwan has raised great concern among military leaders in the US, its main ally. of Taiwan.
In a memo last month, US Air Force General Mike Minihan instructed officers to prepare for a US-China conflict over Taiwan by 2025. As head of state Air Force Mobile Command, Minihan has a deep understanding of the Chinese military and his personal remarks are mentioned many times. in the US for height increasing preparations.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said 20 Chinese aircraft on Tuesday crossed the center line in the area. Taiwan Strait has long been an informal buffer zone between the parties, which were divided during the civil war in 1949.
China claims the autonomous republic as its own territory to be taken by force, while the vast majority of Taiwanese oppose being under the control of the authoritarian Communist Party of China.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Taiwan’s armed forces were “monitoring the situation…
China has been sending warships, bombers, fighter jets and support planes into its airspace near Taiwan almost daily, hoping to wear down the island’s limited defense resources and cut reduced support for pro-independence President Tsai Ing-wen.
Chinese warplanes have also engaged military aircraft from the United States and its allies in international airspace over the South China Sea and East China Sea, in what Beijing describes as maneuvers. dangerous and threatening.
A series of visits in recent months by foreign politicians to Taiwan, including then-US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and many politicians from the European Union, has prompted promote military prowess on both sides.
In response to Pelosi’s visit in August, China held exercises around the island and fired missiles over it into the Pacific Ocean.
China has repeatedly threatened to retaliate against countries seeking closer ties with Taiwan, but its attempts at intimidation have provoked a backlash in popular sentiment in Europe, Japan. Japan, USA and other countries.
Taiwan is set to hold presidential elections next year, in contrast to China’s total control system under the control of president and general secretary Xi Jinping, who has removed term limits to make him a leader for life. China’s efforts to reach out to the Kuomintang in support of Taiwan’s reunification have largely backfired.
Although Nationalists performed well in local elections last year, the party’s pro-Beijing policies failed to find resonance among voters at the national level.
Taiwan responded China’s threat by ordering more defensive weapons from the United States, leveraging democracy and a high-tech economy to strengthen foreign relations and revitalize the domestic arms industry.
Compulsory military service for men is being extended from four months to one year, and public opinion surveys show a high level of support for increased defense spending to counter threats from the United States. China.
In an interview last month, Taiwan’s special envoy to the United States said the island had learned important lessons from Ukraine’s war, helping it thwart any Chinese attack. or defend themselves if invaded.
Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s unofficial ambassador to Washington, said there was a new emphasis on preparing reservists and civilians for the social war the Ukrainians were waging against. Russia.
“All we are doing now is to prevent the pain and suffering of the Ukrainian tragedy from repeating in our scenario in Taiwan,” Hsiao told the AP news agency. “So in the end, we seek to prevent the use of military force. But in the worst case scenario, we understand that we have to be better prepared.”
China’s large-scale deployment comes as Beijing ramps up preparations for a potential blockade or direct attack on Taiwan has raised great concern among military leaders in the US, its main ally. of Taiwan.
In a memo last month, US Air Force General Mike Minihan instructed officers to prepare for a US-China conflict over Taiwan by 2025. As head of state Air Force Mobile Command, Minihan has a deep understanding of the Chinese military and his personal remarks are mentioned many times. in the US for height increasing preparations.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said 20 Chinese aircraft on Tuesday crossed the center line in the area. Taiwan Strait has long been an informal buffer zone between the parties, which were divided during the civil war in 1949.
China claims the autonomous republic as its own territory to be taken by force, while the vast majority of Taiwanese oppose being under the control of the authoritarian Communist Party of China.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Taiwan’s armed forces were “monitoring the situation…
China has been sending warships, bombers, fighter jets and support planes into its airspace near Taiwan almost daily, hoping to wear down the island’s limited defense resources and cut reduced support for pro-independence President Tsai Ing-wen.
Chinese warplanes have also engaged military aircraft from the United States and its allies in international airspace over the South China Sea and East China Sea, in what Beijing describes as maneuvers. dangerous and threatening.
A series of visits in recent months by foreign politicians to Taiwan, including then-US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and many politicians from the European Union, has prompted promote military prowess on both sides.
In response to Pelosi’s visit in August, China held exercises around the island and fired missiles over it into the Pacific Ocean.
China has repeatedly threatened to retaliate against countries seeking closer ties with Taiwan, but its attempts at intimidation have provoked a backlash in popular sentiment in Europe, Japan. Japan, USA and other countries.
Taiwan is set to hold presidential elections next year, in contrast to China’s total control system under the control of president and general secretary Xi Jinping, who has removed term limits to make him a leader for life. China’s efforts to reach out to the Kuomintang in support of Taiwan’s reunification have largely backfired.
Although Nationalists performed well in local elections last year, the party’s pro-Beijing policies failed to find resonance among voters at the national level.
Taiwan responded China’s threat by ordering more defensive weapons from the United States, leveraging democracy and a high-tech economy to strengthen foreign relations and revitalize the domestic arms industry.
Compulsory military service for men is being extended from four months to one year, and public opinion surveys show a high level of support for increased defense spending to counter threats from the United States. China.
In an interview last month, Taiwan’s special envoy to the United States said the island had learned important lessons from Ukraine’s war, helping it thwart any Chinese attack. or defend themselves if invaded.
Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s unofficial ambassador to Washington, said there was a new emphasis on preparing reservists and civilians for the social war the Ukrainians were waging against. Russia.
“All we are doing now is to prevent the pain and suffering of the Ukrainian tragedy from repeating in our scenario in Taiwan,” Hsiao told the AP news agency. “So in the end, we seek to prevent the use of military force. But in the worst case scenario, we understand that we have to be better prepared.”
