[Epoch Times, July 12, 2021](Epoch Times reporters Luo Ya and Zhang Yujie interviewed and reported) Kurt Campbell, the Indo-Pacific Affairs Coordinator of the U.S. National Security Council, stated on July 6, “The United States supports Taiwan’s dignity and maintains a solid foundation. The U.S.-Taiwan unofficial relationship does not support Taiwan independence.” Taiwan scholars analyzed the Epoch Times that the direction of the White House to protect and support Taiwan has been determined. In addition to the recent tough statements by Japanese high-level officials, the United States and Japan will join forces to confront the CCP on Taiwan Strait security issues in the future.
For the first time, the Biden administration stated that it “does not support Taiwan independence”
In response to Campbell’s statement, Wu Jialong, Taiwan’s general economist and chief economist of AIA Capital Wealth Management, said in an interview with Epoch Times reporters on July 7 that the United States does not support Taiwan’s independence politically. This is the original position of the United States. It means that there is factual independence but no legal principle independence; on the other hand, the United States will continue to protect and support Taiwan.
Wu Jialong predicts that the United States is currently cooperating with Taiwan in the two important industries of semiconductors and vaccines. In the future, the United States will train Taiwan’s vaccine research and development and manufacturing capabilities, and will also approach Taiwan in terms of strategic materials.
“Taiwan Epoch Times” quoted an analysis by Meng Zhicheng, an associate professor of the Political Department of National Chengchi University in Taiwan on July 9, saying that Campbell’s statement that “Taiwan independence is not supported” is basically a signal to the three parties. The first is to show to Taiwan that de jure Taiwan independence is a red line. No matter how much the United States supports Taiwan, it does not support de jure Taiwan independence. If this causes a war, the United States cannot help to avoid the “super-translation (over interpretation)” of the independents. The meaning of supporting action.
The second is to send a deterrent signal to the CCP, indicating that when the United States has drawn a red line for Taiwan independence, if Taiwan has not declared de jure Taiwan independence, if China (the Communist Party) invades by force, it is a major challenge to the Asia-Pacific security order and endangering the interests of the United States. The United States and the League for Democracy are justified in defending Taiwan.
The third is to target the United States, that is, in principle, the United States will try its best to maintain the Asia-Pacific security order and contain the intention and behavior of China’s (communist) invasion of Taiwan.
Prior to June 30, the 11th US-Taiwan Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) Agreement Council meeting was held in the form of video under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States.
Su Ziyun, director of the Institute of Military Strategy and Industry of the National Defense Security Research Institute of Taiwan, believes that the trade negotiations between the United States and Taiwan continue. The White House has stated that Taiwan is an important economic ally, technological ally, and security ally of the United States. The follow-up free trade agreement ( FTA) will not stop.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Japan calls on the U.S. and Japan to jointly protect Taiwan
The day before Campbell’s remarks, Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said at a rally of members of the Liberal Democratic Party: “It’s not surprising that if a major problem occurs in (Taiwan), it may trigger a crisis of survival (Japan). Therefore, the United States. We and Japan should jointly defend Taiwan.”
Wu Jialong believes that Japan is seeking cooperation with the United States. In the future, the United States and Japan may join forces against the CCP on the Taiwan issue.
July 11 is the last day of the annual military exercise “Eastern Shield” between the United States and Japan. This year’s military exercise began on June 24 and lasted for 18 days, the largest in 36 years.
May. Gen. Laura Yeager, @40thID commander; Lt. Gen. Shin Nozawa, @JGSDF_MA_pr commander; and Mr. Minoru Kihara, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs, delivered remarks during the Orient Shield 21-2 opening ceremony at Camp Itami June 24. #IchiDan pic.twitter.com/UbE0mN0hLc
– US Army Japan (@USARJ_PAO) June 24, 2021
Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi tweeted that about 3,000 troops from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces, the 40th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army and 1,700 U.S. troops stationed in Japan participated in the exercise; The joint response capabilities, coordination, and mutual cooperation between the armed forces are designed to achieve the common promise of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
Nobuo Kishi also said that in view of the deterioration of Japan’s security environment, strengthening the cooperation between the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the US military is a top priority, hoping to improve the deterrence and response capabilities of the Japan-US alliance through exercises.
Wu Jialong predicts that the US-Japan military exercise may mean that if there is a need for war in the future, it can prevent the Chinese Communist army from attacking and occupying Taiwan.
After Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso called on the United States and Japan to jointly defend Taiwan, Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party legislator Wang Dingyu told Radio Free Asia that in the past two years, from the Japanese Defense Minister, the Second Defense Minister, the Foreign Minister, and the Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s participation in the US-Japan 2+2 talks, the G7, ASEAN, the European Union, and the US-Japan summit, and the addition of Deputy Prime Minister Aso’s public remarks, can see that Japan’s regional security and Taiwan policy have undergone significant and significant changes.
Spokesperson of the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jumping Scholar: The direction of the United States and Japan has been set
The CCP reacted strongly to the above statement made by the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan. On the same day, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China Zhao Lijian and the spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China Zhu Fenglian publicly stated that they “resolutely oppose”, and the two have similar words.
Su Ziyun told The Epoch Times that the first trend in the mainstream of the international community is to have a clear constructive strategy, that is, to prevent the CCP from taking military risks.
Su Ziyun analyzed that, in general, the White House has basically set the tone, that is, the issue of Taiwan Strait security should move toward the direction of U.S.-Japan defense. This is Japan’s demand for “U.S.-Japan security” to include Taiwan in collective defense. Judging from Japan’s foreign policy and security policy practices and culture, if the Japanese government did not reach a tacit agreement with the US in advance, it would not make such a statement.
Taro Aso is not the only Japanese senior to raise the Taiwan issue. On June 28, Japan’s Deputy Defense Minister Yasuhide Nakayama mentioned in an online seminar entitled “The Transformation of Japan’s Security Strategy” organized by the Hudson Institute in Washington, a think tank, that China’s military threat to Taiwan has become increasingly fierce, including Practical military drills have been continuously held around Taiwan, and he called for awakening his attempts to invade and occupy Taiwan.
Yasuhide Nakayama also reiterated the decision recently made by Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi that Japan will no longer limit defense spending to less than one percent of GDP and determine the level of defense spending based on the level of security threats.
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