On the second day of military maneuvers of the Chinese forces around the Taiwanese territoryin what Beijing defined as “punishment” for “separatist acts” held on the island, the US State Department urged Xi Jingping’s government to act with “moderation” for avoid “provocations“.
The tension does not disappear in the Pacific, and the attitude of the Chinese government reaffirms a position that has been stalking the Taiwanese government for years. In the midst of the escalating conflict, China began to carry out military maneuvers near the territory of Taiwan, simulating a potential attack and seizure of the island.
With a marked division in Taiwanese politics, whose legislators discuss a project that could take power away from the recently elected president, the Ministry of National Defense (MDN) detected 111 warplanes -of which 82 crossed the borders and entered Taiwanese territory- and 53 ships of the Chinese Navy and Coast Guard.
In that sense, the spokesperson for the Taiwan presidency, Karen Kuo, maintained that “China’s unilateral provocation not only undermines the status quo of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, but also It is also a flagrant provocation to the international order“.
For its part, the United States Department of State issued a statement signed by its spokesperson, Matthew Miller, in which it issued a warning to China. “We strongly urge Beijing to exercise restraint. Using a normal, routine and democratic transition as an excuse for military provocations risks escalation and erodes long-standing norms that have maintained peace for decades,” he declared.
In that sense, Miller assured that Chinese military operations represent “a deep concern” for the US government and maintained that they “put stability” in the region at risk. Likewise, the spokesperson added that peace in the Taiwan Strait “is fundamental for regional and global security and prosperity and a matter of international concern“.
