China threatens military action

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China threatens military action
By: RT World News - 06-25-22
Re: https://www.rt.com/news/557811-china-taiwan-us-ukraine/

Beijing won’t hesitate to use force to bring Taiwan back under its control, Chinese ambassador to France warns.

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Chinese militray's air cushion landing craft approaches the coast during an exercise. © People's Liberation Army

Beijing will use all possible means to regain control over Taiwan, including military ones, Chinese ambassador to France Lu Shaye has said.

“We can’t leave Taiwan independent,” Lu insisted during his interview on Thursday with YouTube channel Livre Noir.

“We’ll retake Taiwan by all means, including military ones. If we can’t reunify the country by peaceful means, what else are we left to do?” he pointed out, becoming yet another Chinese official to offer such a warning.

The ambassador has blamed the US for stirring tensions around both Taiwan and Ukraine, where Russia’s military operation is ongoing.

“The Americans want to start two wars in the world: one in Europe, the other in Asia,” he said.

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Taiwan scrambles jets & missiles over Chinese flight.

However, Lu rejected any comparisons between China’s possible move against Taiwan and Russian actions in Ukraine. “Taiwan is not a sovereign state. It has been an integral part of China since ancient times,” he explained.

Beijing has recently increased its maritime and aerial military activity around the island, saying that this was needed to deter “collusion activities” between “Taiwan independence forces” and the US government.

Taiwan has been self-governing since 1949 but has never formally declared its independence from China. So, Beijing considers the island of 23.5 million a part of its own territory under the One-China policy.

While agreeing with the One-China policy on paper, Washington maintains strong unofficial ties with Taipei, selling weapons to the island and backing its push for sovereignty. Beijing has repeatedly decried such contacts as provocations and as meddling in China’s internal affairs.

Last month, President Joe Biden promised that the US will stick to its commitment to defend Taiwan if China eventually resorts to the use of force.

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Taipei possesses long-range missiles capable of reaching the heart of the Chinese mainland, a senior official has said
[FILE PHOTO: A Taiwanese-made Hsiung Feng II missile is launched during a military drill at an undisclosed location in Taiwan, July 15, 2020. © AFP / Taiwan Defense Ministry].

Some American officials have also claimed that Beijing was closely monitoring the conflict in Ukraine and drawing conclusions, in preparation for a similar move against Taiwan.

Taiwan has the ability to strike China’s capital with homegrown supersonic missiles, the head of Taipei’s legislative assembly said, also claiming the island is taking pointers from the Ukrainian armed forces amid Russia’s ongoing attack.

During a recent speech, You Si-kun – an influential member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party – said that while Taipei does not seek confrontation with China, it has the ability to respond with force in the event of a conflict.

“Taiwan would not take the initiative to attack Beijing… but before Beijing wants to attack Taiwan, it must first consider that Taiwan has the ability to attack,” he said, adding that the island can “strike Beijing” with its locally developed supersonic Yung Feng cruise missiles. Taiwan launched an initiative in 2018 to improve the capabilities of the Yung Feng munitions, sinking more than $400 million into the missile.

You went on to draw parallels between potential hostilities with China and the conflict raging in Eastern Europe, stressing the importance of “the will to defend” while stating Taiwan has drawn “inspiration from the Ukrainian-Russian war.”

“The [Chinese Community Party] must cross the Taiwan Strait to attack Taiwan, which is different from Russia’s attack on Ukraine,” he continued. “If you want to land, you will fight on the beachhead. If the landing is successful, everyone in Taiwan must be as determined to die as Ukraine. Go out and never let China swallow Taiwan.”

Though the official said “self-help” is an important guiding principle for Taipei and Kiev, both the island and Ukraine have received waves of Western arms and other forms of foreign support, with the Biden administration approving multiple rounds of arms sales to Taiwan and tens of billions of dollars in weapons transfers to Ukraine’s military since taking office.

Responding to You’s comments, a representative for China’s Taiwan Affairs office warned that any attack from Taipei would have dire consequences.

“The ravings of stubborn pro-Taiwan independence members like You Si Kun only exposes their frenzied nature,” spokesperson Ma Xiaoguang said, adding “If [they] dare strike a stone with an egg, it will only accelerate [their] demise.”
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Personal note: Things are getting a little dicey of late. Russia & China are becoming
aggressors - whose next North Korea. We get all three popping at one time it sure
looks that way. They must sense a weakness in the U.S. & NATO operations of late?
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Will have to wait and see - hopefully none of this will happen but hell today who
knows andymore (lots of chest pounding who will make the first mover?)!
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