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Taiwan’s Defense Minister said that Taiwan’s military is facing the most severe challenge from China in decades. This reflects the sharp rise in tension after China’s large-scale military aircraft flights in the region aroused the concerns of the United States. Taiwan’s Defense Minister Qiu Guozheng also warned that by 2025 the Chinese People’s Liberation Army will have the ability to fully attack Taiwan at the lowest cost.
Taiwan’s Defense Minister said that China will have a full-scale attack on Taiwan by 2025. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal today, Qiu Guo said in a speech at the Taiwan Legislative Yuan on Wednesday that the current cross-strait situation is the most serious in his 40 years of military service. He answered the legislator’s question on the proposed special defense spending program of $8.7 billion.
Prior to this, the Chinese military dispatched nearly 150 fighters, bombers and other aircraft close to the autonomous island in four days. As the situation escalated, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday accused China of undermining regional peace.
Tsai Ing-wen said in a speech recorded for her senior DPP leader: “I want to warn the Beijing authorities that we must exercise restraint and avoid wiping out guns.” Her speech echoed Qiu Guozheng’s warning, the latter. Said that even a small miscalculation could trigger a crisis.
The report said that the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China has not yet responded to a request for comment. China is currently in the one-week National Day holiday.
This round of multiple sorties of Chinese military aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone began last Friday; at about the same time, a fleet of 17 ships gathered in the southwestern part of Okinawa, not far from Taiwan, for a joint exercise. , Including two US aircraft carrier strike groups. The time when the first batch of Chinese military aircraft flew into the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone in this round of operations coincided with China’s National Day.
The White House has responded to China’s above-mentioned actions, saying its commitment to Taiwan is “rock solid” and calling on Beijing to stop such military operations.
This military activity renewed concern about Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s intentions towards Taiwan. The Chinese Communist Party considers Taiwan to be part of Chinese territory. The Chinese government does not promise to renounce the use of force to resolve the Taiwan issue.
Although Xi Jinping has made the settlement of the Taiwan issue a key component of his plan for the Chinese nation’s rejuvenation, military analysis is concerned with the question of when and if the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, which has not fought since 1979, will have enough confidence to attack Taiwan. People are divided. Qiu Guozheng expressed his views on this in his speech on Wednesday.
Qiu Guozheng said that the CCP currently has the ability to commit crimes against Taiwan, but it must consider the cost and what the outcome will be. He said that after 2025, costs and losses will be reduced to a minimum. Qiu Guozheng did not elaborate further, but military analysts pointed out that Chinese military planes have gained valuable experience by flying into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone many times. In the past year, more than 800 Chinese military aircraft have flown into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone.
The air defense identification zone extends beyond the airspace of the land territory and is monitored in order to allow the military time to respond to any incoming foreign aircraft. The Chinese Continental Army aircraft did not enter the airspace within 12 nautical miles from the coast of Taiwan that Taiwan claims to be its airspace.
The recent outing was carried out late at night. A former Taiwanese military commander said that this shows that the PLA Air Force is moving closer to its ability to participate in actual combat.
Tsai Ing-wen warned in an article published on Tuesday in Foreign Affairs magazine that if Taiwan were to fall, it would be a disaster for democracy and regional peace. She mentioned Taiwan’s strategic position and strong democratic system.
The Wall Street Journal said that despite the friction from time to time, the status quo in the Taiwan Strait has been maintained for more than 70 years. Recently, the outside world has become more concerned about China’s possible actions to forcefully reunify Taiwan, which has also become a major variable in US-China relations. Gerald F. Seib, the executive editor of The Wall Street Journal in Washington, explained that there are three reasons why the outside world believes that the possibility of China’s military rule over Taiwan has increased: China’s current leader Xi Jinping has a preference for nationalism, and China’s recent military activities near Taiwan In addition, China seems to predict the decline of the United States and Western countries. Cover image synthesis: Laura Kammermann
When asked about the PLA military plane flying over the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone, US President Joe Biden told reporters interviewed at the White House that he had previously discussed the Taiwan issue with Xi Jinping and the two agreed to abide by the “Taiwan Agreement.” It is not clear what Biden said about the Taiwan agreement. The US policy toward Taiwan has long been deliberately vague. The United States recognizes Beijing’s position that Taiwan is part of Chinese territory. At the same time, Washington maintains an unofficial relationship with Taipei, promises to help Taiwan defend itself, and insists that any solution to Taiwan’s status should be achieved through peaceful means.
When talking about Xi Jinping, Biden said: “We have made it clear that I think he should not do anything other than abide by this agreement.” Biden had a 90-minute conversation with Xi Jinping in early September. To ease the hostility between the United States and China.
The Wall Street Journal said that Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that it had verified Biden’s remarks with the White House and obtained a promise that the United States has not changed its Taiwan policy and that the United States will continue to assist Taiwan in maintaining its self-defense capabilities.
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