They are justified and necessary actions to protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity, says Beijing.
China has defended its military exercises around Taiwan, insisting that they were necessary to stop “separatist forces” taking control over the island.Taiwanese soldiers fire artillery during a live-fire drill on Wednesday.was “unstoppable”, as state media went into overdrive defending Beijing’s claims to the self-governed island nation.
“They are justified and necessary actions to protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Ministry of Defence spokesman Colonel Tan Kefei said.“For the well-being of the Taiwan people, we are willing to exercise the utmost sincerity to pursue the prospect of peaceful reunification, but the PLA will leave no room for Taiwan separatist forces and foreign powers to achieve their goals.”and were scheduled to last until Sunday afternoon but continued on Monday and Tuesday.
The United States criticised the latest drills as a significant escalation in China’s efforts to change the status quo on Taiwan. did not contain pledges made in previous documents, published in 1993 and 2000, that it “will not send troops or administrative personnel to be based in Taiwan”, analysts.While the document reaffirmed earlier pledges to use whatever means necessary to reunify Taiwan with mainland, experts said the most significant changes were what was missing from the latest white paper.
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