Beijing -- China said on Monday it was expanding threatening military exercises aroundTaiwana key area for global trade dispute in.
According to a social media post by the eastern leadership that ruled China, the exercise would include anti-submarine training, which would be carried out in the event of a possible Chinese invasion. It seems that the United States was aiming to support Taiwan. Communist Party army, People's Liberation Army.
The military said the exercise, which included missile strikes, fighter jets and movement of ships across the midline of the Taiwan Strait that separates the two Straits, was in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan last week. said it is.
China has ignored calls to de-escalate tensions and there was no immediate indication of when the equivalent of a lockdown would end.
Taiwan's defense ministry said on Sunday it had found a total of 66 aircraft and 14 warships conducting air exercises with the navy. Taiwan has put its military on high alert and deployed ships, planes and other assets to "simulate attacks on our ships on the island of Taiwan and at sea." China's aircraft, ships and drones This was addressed by monitoring the
Meanwhile, Taiwan's state-run Central News Agency reported that Taiwan's military will conduct live-fire drills in southern Pingtung County on Tuesday and Thursday, following China's military drills.
Training includes snipers, combat vehicles, armored vehicles and attack helicopters, the report said, citing unnamed sources.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory and threatens to annex it by force if necessary. Although the two sides split in her 1949 after the civil war, Beijing views visits to Taiwan by foreign officials as an acknowledgment of its sovereignty.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen called on the international community to "support a democratic Taiwan" and "stop the escalation of the regional security situation." The seven developed countries have also criticized China's actions, and the Chinese government canceled a meeting between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.
China cut off defense and climate talks with the US and imposed sanctions in retaliation for Pelosi's visit.
The Biden administration and Pelosi argued that the United States would continue its "One China" policy, which would extend formal diplomatic recognition to Beijing while allowing a robust informal and defense relationship with Taipei. It says it is committed.
However, the United States has criticized Beijing's actions in the Taiwan Strait, with White House Press Secretary Carine Jean-Pierre calling them "fundamentally irresponsible."
"There is no need or reason for this escalation," said Jean-Pierre.
In Washington, Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Taiwan, Bikim Hsiao, said there was no reason for China to be "so furious" over Pelosi's visit, which followed a long tradition of U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan. Stated.
"We have been under threat from China for decades," Xiao told CBS News on Sunday. I won't tell you not to go to .You try to find a way to deal with bullies.
"The risks are posed by Beijing," Mr. Xiao said.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a visit to Myanmar, where the Chinese-backed military government has been accused of killing its opponents. Washington "is seizing the opportunity to step up its military deployment in the region, which deserves heavy vigilance and a firm boycott from all sides." "The purpose is to earnestly safeguard peace in the Taiwan Strait and regional stability," the state-run Xinhua News Agency quoted Wang as saying.
Meanwhile, Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong called for easing tensions. “Australia continues to call for restraint and Australia continues to call for de-escalation. I'm looking for it," Wong said. Canberra reporter.
