China and the United States once again engaged in a possible conflict over Taiwan, an island on which Beijing claims its sovereignty without there being “possible concessions“While Washington clarified that it will defend the territory if they attack it.
The latest scuffle comes after US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday a “commitment“Explicit to defend the island in case of a Chinese invasion, before which Beijing demanded this Friday to stop sending”wrong signs”.
“We demand that the United States be cautious both in its words and in its actions on the Taiwanese issue. They must refrain from sending the wrong signals to the Taiwanese secessionists, as well as seriously damaging Sino-US relations.Foreign spokesman Wang Wenbin replied.
Wang reiterated once again that “no one should underestimate the determination and ability of the Chinese people to safeguard their sovereignty and territorial integrity ”. “There is no possible concession on this question”, He warned.
On Thursday, Biden claimed during a CNN televised event that “The United States is committed“To defend Taiwan militarily in the event that China decides to attack, something to which other presidents of the North American country had not referred so explicitly in the past.
The president added that the United States can “follow the rythm“Of the rapid Chinese military development:”China, Russia and the rest of the world know that the United States has the most powerful Army in history”, He asserted.
Biden stressed that although he does not want to “start a new cold war“With China, search”make him understand“To the Asian country that Washington”it is not going to be put aside ”.
Taiwan denounces the “threat” China
Meanwhile, Taiwan today thanked the Biden Administration for the latest gestures to refute what they consider a “threatening and belligerent posture”By Beijing, according to Foreign Minister Joanne Ou.
“China’s military expansion and provocative actions have alerted the United States and other democratic countries“Ou said in statements to the official Taiwanese agency CNA.
The diplomat also warned that her Government will “everything possible” for “safeguard the democratic and free systemTaiwanese.
Likewise, the spokesman for the Taiwanese Presidency, Xavier Chang, assured that “the island won’t give in to pressure“But it won’t act either”hastilyWhen you receive support.
“Taiwan is committed to its defense and will continue to work with those countries with which it shares values to contribute to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific region.”He said in a statement.
China insists on “reunify“The People’s Republic with the island, which has governed autonomously since the Kuomintang nationalists (KMT) retreated there in 1949 after losing the civil war against the communists and continued with the regime of the Republic of China, which culminated in the transition to democracy in the 1990s.
But since then the voices that demand to declare the independence of Taiwan as a sovereign state have gained strength.
This irritates Beijing, whose rhetoric has continued to flare since current Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016, and insists that “Reunification will be achieved.”
Latent conflict
Apart from this, the island is one of the main reasons for conflict between China and the United States, mainly due to the fact that Washington is the main supplier of arms to Taiwan and would be its greatest military ally in the event of a war with China.
The tension between the two superpowers has risen in recent weeks as a result of the latest Chinese air raids near Taiwan and reports that the United States has assigned a small contingent of military personnel on the island for at least a year. to train local forces.
The United States and China appear to be pushing the ‘status quo’ created in 1979 to the limit, when Washington recognized Beijing as the only Chinese government with the understanding that Taiwan would have a peaceful future.
The Taiwan Relations Act of that year does not guarantee that the United States will intervene militarily if the People’s Republic of China attacks the island, but it does not rule it out either.
It does establish that Washington will help Taiwan to defend itself, a policy that some analysts describe as ambiguous and whose objective would be to dissuade both the island from declaring its independence and China from launching an attack to seize the territory.
According to the White House, US policy towards Taiwan “has not changed and will not change”, Collects the CNA.
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