Beijing: China has once again warned America about Taiwan. The Chinese Foreign Ministry warned the US on Monday that the US should stop interfering in Taiwan. China’s statement came to light on Monday after US President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Law 2020. Once again China and America have come face to face with Taiwan.
China warns America about Taiwan
Recently, Hu Xijin, editor of Global Times, the mouthpiece of the Chinese government, wrote in an article that China should be fully prepared for war if Taiwan maintains diplomatic relations with the US. China has been strongly objecting to any country establishing independent relations with Taiwan. China said that if the US goes ahead with the plan to sell arms to Taiwan, it will respond appropriately and urgently. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the sale of $ 600 million worth of military drones to Taiwan is a gross interference in China’s internal affairs and a serious neglect of China’s sovereignty and security interests.
America’s Strategy
Recently, US national security adviser Robert O’Brien warned China not to make any attempt to forcefully merge Taiwan. The US official said the attack in Taiwan would prove extremely difficult.
“It’s not an easy task, and there’s also a lot of ambiguity about what the United States would do in response to an attack by China on Taiwan,” he added, when asked what U.S. options would be if China moved to try to absorb Taiwan.
O’Brien was referring to a long-standing U.S. policy of “strategic ambiguity” on the question of whether it would intervene to protect Taiwan, which China considers its province and has vowed to bring under its control, by force if necessary. The United States is required by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself, but it has not made clear whether it would intervene militarily in the event of a Chinese attack, something that would likely lead to a much broader conflict with Beijing.
O’Brien repeated U.S. calls for Taiwan to spend more on its own defense and to carry out military reforms to make clear to China the risks of attempting to invade.
“You can’t just spend 1% of your GDP, which the Taiwanese have been doing – 1.2% – on defense, and hope to deter a China that’s been engaged in the most massive military build up in 70 years,” he said.