ANI Photo | China warns US: Taiwan is “first red line that cannot be crossed” in bilateral relations
THE NEWS MILL | Published December 23, 2024
Following the White House announcement of arms sales and assistance to Taiwan, China’s foreign ministry said that the “Taiwan issue” is the core of China’s interests and the “first red line that cannot be crossed in China-US relations,” Taiwan News reported.
Further, the ministry also accused the US of “playing with fire.”
A spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned the latest US arms package to Taiwan, stating that it “seriously violates the one-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiques, especially the ‘August 17′ communique, seriously infringes on China’s sovereignty and security interests, and seriously violates the US leaders’ commitment not to support ‘Taiwan independence.”
The spokesperson claimed that Washington’s actions sent a “seriously wrong signal to the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces.”
Highlighting the severe consequences, the ministry said Washington’s use of force to support Taiwan’s independence “will only backfire, and its ‘using Taiwan to contain China’ is doomed to fail.”
Beijing called on the US to immediately stop arms shipments to Taiwan “stop its dangerous actions that undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
The ministry emphasised that China would take all necessary measures to protect its national sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity, as per Taiwan News.
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SOURCE: www.thenewsmill.com
RELATED: China warns US ‘playing with fire’ by supplying weapons to Taiwan
Beijing says strategy of using ‘Taiwan question’ to contain China doomed to fail
INDEPENDENT | Published December 23, 2024
China has warned the US that sending weapons to Taiwan is akin to “playing with fire” and risks severe consequences.
The US recently announced $571.3m (£473m) in military assistance to the island and approved $295m in arms sales.
A spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said on Sunday that the move violates the “One China” principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, Global Times reported. The principle lays down that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China to be unified one day.
The decision to send more weapons is also a breach of commitments made by US leaders to not support “Taiwan independence” and sends a gravely wrong signal to “separatist forces” on the island, the state media outlet quoted the spokesperson as saying.
To aid Taiwan’s independence by arming the island is like playing with fire and will get the US burned, it said.
In any case, the outlet added, the strategy of using “the Taiwan question” to contain China is doomed to fail.
Beijing has lodged a formal protest with Washington against the arms sales. It has also urged the US to immediately stop arming Taiwan and put an end to moves that undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
“We will take all measures necessary to firmly defend national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity,” the spokesperson said.
China sanctioned five Western arms manufacturers earlier this year after a previous round of American weapons sales to Taiwan.
The Joe Biden administration’s military assistance package for Taiwan, the third this year, comes alongside the sale of upgraded tactical systems and naval weaponry. Chinese strategic analysts have dismissed the significance of the new weapons for Taiwan but noted their cost and accused the US of exploiting the island to benefit its arms manufacturers.
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SOURCE: www.independent.co.uk
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