An attack helicopter attached to an army aviation brigade under the PLA 72nd Group Army fires rocket at a simulated target on the island during a fire strike training exercise in late September, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhang Huanpeng)
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Saturday that the island democracy is strengthening its defenses against a potential Chinese invasion, but also called for "meaningful dialogue" with Beijing, which claims the country as its own territory.
Tsai—leader of the pro-independence, liberal Democratic Progressive Party and re-elected for a second term in January—took a soft, conciliatory tone in her speech to mark Taiwan's National Day.
The address came after a month of Chinese military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, which separates the two countries.
But Chinese state-backed media was dismissive of Tsai's appeal to diplomacy, with the nationalistic Global Times newspaper leading the criticism. The newspaper said Tsai had tried to "fool" the world with her speech, and declared that the risk of war has risen "sharply" in recent months.
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WNU Editor: The Global Times editorial is here .... Tsai’s soft rhetoric cannot fool world on ‘one China’: Global Times editorial (Global Times).
Update: To make their point. China is posting videos of military exercises that simulate an invasion of Taiwan .... PLA holds amphibious landing drills to ‘show firm will against Taiwan secessionists’ (Global Times).
2 comments:
Perfect timing with that Wuhan virus... China will have to pay trillions in reparations though, once way or the other. They probably go full broke now, grabbing Taiwan before the world comes for them with a big fat bill
China is talking a lot, but that far China looks a little bit decisiveness.
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