Did China Just Threaten To 'Crush' Anyone Who Interferes With Their Plans Of Domination?
If the US was under real leadership I would think that China would feel less emboldened but that's definitely not the case under a Biden administration. China is apparently not pulling any punches in its efforts to claim Taiwan and the proof is in an exchange between the United States' State Department and a Chinese spokesperson.
"On October 3, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price issued a statement saying that the US is very concerned by China's provocative military activity near Taiwan, which is destabilizing, risks miscalculations, and undermines regional peace and stability. The US urges China to cease its pressure and coercion against Taiwan. It will continue to assist Taiwan in maintaining a sufficient self-defense capability and maintain the commitments as outlined in the Three Communiqués, the Taiwan Relations Act, and the Six Assurances. What is China's comment on that?" Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying was asked.
"Taiwan belongs to China and the US is in no position to make irresponsible remarks," the spokesperson said. "The relevant remarks by the US side seriously violate the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiqués and send an extremely wrong and irresponsible signal."
He continued:
"For quite some time, the US has been making negative moves by selling arms to Taiwan and strengthening official and military ties with Taiwan, including the launch of a $750 million arms sale plan to Taiwan, the landing of US military aircraft in Taiwan, and frequent sailing of US warships across the Taiwan Strait. These provocative moves undermine China-US relations and regional peace and stability. China is firmly opposed to them and has taken necessary countermeasures."
The one-China principle is the political foundation of China-US relations. On the Taiwan question, the US should abide by the one-China principle and the stipulations of the China-US joint communiqués rather than something cooked up by itself unilaterally.
"Taiwan independence" leads nowhere. China will take all necessary measures to resolutely crush all attempts at "Taiwan independence". China has a firm resolve and will to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The US should correct its mistakes, earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiqués, prudently and properly handle Taiwan-related issues, stop supporting and emboldening separatist forces of "Taiwan independence", and take concrete actions to safeguard rather than undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait."
This all began when China started flying warplanes, in droves, over Taiwan. Price’s original statement came in response to a pair of back-to-back record-breaking Chinese military flights into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
On Friday, China flew a record 38 warplanes into Taiwan’s ADIZ, followed by a new record 39 warplanes into Taiwan’s ADIZ the very next day on Saturday. On Monday, the day after Price’s warning statement, China sent an even larger wave of 52 military aircraft into Taiwan’s ADIZ.
Tensions between the US and China have reached such a notable pitch that both Australia and Japan have sworn allegiance with the US should the countries go to war.
In all reality, a war between China and the US would be a global nightmare. It would take strong leadership to successfully guide the two countries away from war talks and there is a growing concern that the US doesn't have that at the moment.