Taipei warns China’s ambitions go beyond Taiwan, calls for allies to protect median line | ErykBagshaw
Taiwan’s foreign minister says the island is the last obstacle standing in the way of China’s determination to link the East and South China seas and expand its reach into the Pacific.
Wu said Taipei was concerned that Beijing could order an invasion of Taiwan but that the Taiwanese military had been preparing for the possibility of attack for years. “The reaction of the Taiwanese people and the Taiwanese government is that we stay resilient,” he said. “The best way to deal with a regime which is trying to intimidate us is to show that we are not intimidated.”He said the People’s Liberation Army exercises had violated Taiwan’s rights under international law as China accused Australia, the United States, France and Japan of putting regional stability at risk by criticising its actions in the strait.
Wu said Taiwan was grateful for the international support it had received since Pelosi’s visit but also wanted to make clear that Taipei believed Beijing’s ambitions were not limited to taking the self-governed island of 23 million people. China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday night accused Australia, the United States and Japan of undermining the international order through attempts to “distort, fudge and hollow out their one-China commitment”. Canberra, Washington and Tokyo maintain their own “one-China” policies, which acknowledge China’s claim to Taiwan without endorsing it.
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