It may merely be a symbolic display of
muscle-flexing, however, the rapid escalation of Chinese military activity
around Taiwan over the last few months raised concern around
the world.
That tensions were heightened when 149
Chinese aircraft invaded Taiwan's air space all through last
week. Experts suggest the purpose of the exercise is merely to cause
disturbance prior to Taiwan’s national day that on 10th October.
The US State Department said it was deeply
concerned and accused China of carrying out "provocative military
activities" that "undermines regional peace and stability",
adding its commitment to Taiwan was "rock solid".
Chinese state-run paper The Global Times responded with the
following "The strategic collusion between the US and Japan and the DPP
authorities is becoming more audacious, and the situation across the Taiwan
Straits has almost lost any room for manoeuvre teetering on the edge
of a face-off, creating a sense of urgency that the war may be triggered at any
time,"
President Tsai Ing-Wen of Taiwan penned an article for the foreign affairs portal
asserting reiterating Taiwan’s staunch commitment to democratic value and
vowing to bow before Chinese pressure. The Defence Minister of Taiwan said that this
was the worst situation in 40 years.
Then earlier this week, Joe Biden said that he had
spoken to President Xi Jinping and they had agreed to abide by the "Taiwan
agreement". It appeared that the tensions had been
temporarily quelled.
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