(Finance) – The visit to Taiwan by the US congressional delegation led by Senator Ed Markey “flagrantly violates the principle of ‘One China’ and the three joint Sino-American communiques, as well as the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China, by sending a wrong signal to the separatist forces of Taiwan’s independence and exposing quite the true face of the United States as disruptors and destroyers of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. ” This is what the Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian, pointing out that “Taiwan is from China and no foreign interference is allowed”.
“We warn the United States and the authorities of the Progressive Democratic Party that using Taiwan to control China is an attempt doomed to fail, just as – the spokesman added – relying on the United States to seek independence is doomed to fail. of the Eastern Theater of the People’s Liberation Army has organized multiservice and joint combat readiness patrols and real combat exercises in the sea and airspace around the island of Taiwan. Any attempt or act that goes against the trend of history, goes against the will of the entire Chinese people and hinders the reunification process of China and will inevitably end in failure. The People’s Liberation Army – concludes the spokesman for the Chinese Defense Ministry – has continued to train and prepare for war, to defend with determination national sovereignty and territorial integrity and to forcefully destroy any for but of Taiwanese independence separatism and attempts at foreign interference “.
In response to the mission to Taipei of the US congressional delegation led by a Democrat Ed Markey, chairman of the Asia-Pacific group of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee12 days after that made by speaker of the Chamber Nancy Pelosi, China – announced the Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin – will adopt “firm and powerful measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity”. The spokesman reiterated the Chinese belief that “some politicians in the US are in unison with the separatist forces of Taiwan’s independence, trying to challenge the ‘One China’ principle, but are doomed to failure”. Wang said that “Senator Markey and his party, in contempt of China’s solemn representations and firm opposition, insisted on visiting the Chinese region of Taiwan, blatantly violating the One China principle and the provisions of the three joint communiques until – Americans, as well as the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China, seeking the independence of Taiwan “. The principle of One China, Wang continued in the daily briefing, “is the general consensus of the international community, the fundamental norm of international relations and is also the political basis for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States and for the development of bilateral relations “. The reunification of China is “an irresistible historical trend and the indestructible common will of the Chinese people”. Beijing once again urges the United States to respect its commitments and to manage “matters relating to Taiwan in a prudent and correct manner”, avoiding “wrong paths that falsify, empty and distort the principle of One China” and to undermine “peace. and stability across the Taiwan Strait. ”
Yesterday the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, on the day of the announcement of “a joint patrol and combat mission” by the Chinese armed forces in response to the visit to Taipei by the US Congress delegation, detected at 5 pm local time (11 in Italy) 5 warships and 30 fighters, with 15 flying across the Taiwan Strait midline, the unofficial buffer area that Beijing said it had cleared. “We condemn the People’s Liberation Army for jeopardizing the peace and security of our region with the announcements of military exercises,” a statement read. “The Taiwanese armed forces are monitoring military activities around our surrounding region, responding to every situation with professionalism”, added the note from the Taipei Defense Ministry, recalling that in the face of the air raids the usual protocols were followed with the take-off of the fighters, the activation of the radio alarm and the missile system. In addition, the official island agency CNA reported that various units of the Taiwanese armed forces have begun to review and analyze the tactics employed by the People’s Liberation Army in its recent exercises held around the island against the initiation visit. month of the speaker of the US House Nancy Pelosi: the aim is to adapt the response to the new possible military scenarios.
After the visit to the island by the delegation of the US Congress, Beijing has decided to sanction seven other “diehard separatists” from Taipei. According to the official Xinhua agency reported the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Communist Party Central Committee adopted the move in order to “safeguard the peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and the immediate interests of the people on both the sides of the Strait “, punishing with determination” the irreducible elements of Taiwan’s independence “. Among the seven affected personalities are Hsiao Bi-khim (de facto ambassador to Washington) and politicians like Koo Li-hsiung (Progressive Democratic Party) and the vice president of parliament, Tsai Chi-chang: entry to China, Hong Kong and Macao is prohibited for them and their families. In addition, their affiliated institutions are, among other things, denied any cooperation with organizations and individuals on the mainland. The seven are added to the three personalities of the island affected in November 2021, including Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang, President of Parliament You Si-kun and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu on whom a “life-long criminal liability” hangs. Finally, China has made it known that “it will never tolerate any kind of activity to divide the country and will never allow any external force to interfere in its reunification”.
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