China surrounds Taiwan with warships and fighters. «Military maneuvers to test the ability to take power»

«The Chinese People’s Liberation Army organizes joint exercises around the island of Taiwan to punish secessionist forces». The Global Times website, a newspaper produced by the Chinese Communist Party in English, states it very directly, without pretense: those carried out around Taiwan are not simple exercises, they are a retaliation because the new leader of the island, Lai Ching-Te, has less dialogue positions with China, defends sovereignty and identity of Taipei. Not only: Chinese warships and fighters have surrounded Taiwanon the second day of military maneuvers, because, says Beijing, the aim is to test the ability to “take power” in the autonomous island after the inauguration of the new president.

Adds Global Times, whose reading is useful to understand how far Xi Jinping wants to venture, who has included in his program the even substantial annexation of Taiwan (China already considers it one of its provinces), thanks to a favorable international scenario ( this is why Beijing has forged an alliance with Putin): «The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is holding joint Sword-2024A exercises in the Taiwan Strait, in the north, south and east of the island of Taiwan, as well as in the areas around the islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu, and Dongyin from May 23 to 24. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army launched a military exercise around the island of Taiwan on Thursday morning with the aim of punishing the secessionist forces of Taiwan independence and sending a warning to external interference forces following the leader’s separatists regional of Taiwan Lai Ching-te. Designed to encircle the island of Taiwan from both the east and the west, the drills showcase the military’s ability to attack in all directions of the island without blind spots, forming a situation where the island is blocked from both sides, the experts said.”

The Chinese Ministry of Defense: President Taiwan pushes island towards war

China’s Defense Ministry accused Taiwan President Lai of push the island towards “war” because it “seriously questioned the principle of one China”, “tried to resort to force to achieve independence and rely on foreign countries to achieve independence, which pushes our compatriots in Taiwan into a dangerous situation of war and danger,” said spokesman Wu Qian. “Every time Taiwan independence provokes us, we will push our countermeasures one step further, until we achieve the complete reunification of the motherland.”

Chaos in Taiwan

TO Taiwan the situation is turbulent. CNN reports: the island is facing chaos in the legislature, «opposition parties that favor closer ties with China hold the majority, and have pushed to subject the new president’s administration to stricter control. Thousands, especially young people, took to the streets to protest against the opposition’s attempt to speed up bills to grant more power to parliament. But despite Beijing’s major show of force, life continued as normal in Taiwan, whose 23 million people have grown accustomed to Chinese military threats, even as they have become more regular and prominent in recent years. “We are not afraid of the Chinese Communist Party and we have trust”, an 88-year-old pensioner told CNN. The majority of the population is against ending up under the domination of Beijing, to meet the same end – albeit with a very long path. different – from Hong Kong.

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