Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen (c) visits a missile base in the north amid tension with China. Her foreign minister has echoed her calls for a global coalition against China aggression. Photograph: Taiwan Presidential Office Handout/EPA
The Guardian: Taiwan calls for global coalition against China's aggression as US official flies in
Taipei speaks of ‘real possibility’ of war as US undersecretary for economic affairs pays visit that Beijing regards as provocative.
Taiwan’s foreign minister has called for the international community to help defend his country against an intensifying military threat from China, fearing “a real possibility” of war.
The comments from the minister, Joseph Wu, come before the expected arrival on Thursday in Taiwan of the US undersecretary for economic affairs, Keith Krach, with a delegation for a two-day visit.
In an editorial late on Wednesday, Chinese state media outlet the Global Times said Taiwan was “destroying their strategic manoeuvring ability by completely siding with the US”, increasing the risk of a military conflict. It said country-level engagement with Taiwan was “the biggest change to the status quo” in cross-strait relations and a continuing source of tension.
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1 comment:
Why xi would want to start a war with a country and it's people who are not in the desirous of his mug being plastered on every wall in the land is beyond me.
I'd like the press to go out and survey the opinions of the crabs and flies on the islands that are now illegally fortified in the South Chinese Sea. If any are still alive and not yet eaten, {remember those are chinese troops on those sand piles}, I'd like to hear their comments.
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