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[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

Taiwan warns China of 'heavy price' for invasion on battle anniversary

TAIPEI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Taiwan is determined to defend itself and invaders will incur a "heavy price", President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday on the anniversary of a confrontation six decade ago in which Taiwanese forces beat back Chinese attackers.

Tensions between Taiwan and China have spiked over the past month following the visit to Taipei by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China staged war games near Taiwan to express its anger at what it saw as stepped up U.S. support for the island Beijing views as sovereign Chinese territory.

Meeting military officers, Tsai extolled the "spirit" of defending against China's more than a month of bombardment of the Taiwan-controlled islands of Kinmen and Matsu, just off the Chinese coast, which started in late August 1958.

"This battle defended Taiwan for us, and it also declared to the world that no threat can shake the determination of the Taiwanese people to defend their country," Tsai said, in comments released by her office.

"What we have to do is to let the enemy understand that Taiwan has the determination and preparation to defend the country, as well as the ability to defend itself," she added.

"A heavy price will be paid for invading Taiwan or attempting to invade Taiwan, and it will be strongly condemned by the international community."

Meeting earlier in the day with a delegation of former U.S. officials now at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, including Matt Pottinger, former U.S. President Donald Trump's deputy national security adviser, Tsai said that the 1958 battle paved the way for today's Taiwan.

"Sixty-four years ago during the Aug. 23 battle, our soldiers and civilians operated in solidarity and safeguarded Taiwan, so that we have the democratic Taiwan today," she said, using the Taiwanese term for that campaign, which ended in stalemate with China failing to take the islands.

Taiwan fought then with support from the United States, which sent military equipment including advanced Sidewinder anti-aircraft missiles, giving Taiwan a technological edge.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...ys-2022-08-23/

[mapuc]

Does anyone of you know if China has decoy like the American ADM-160 MALD ?

Markus

[Jimbuna]

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan must let the enemy understand that the nation is determined and prepared to defend itself, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said on Wednesday (Aug. 24).

Tsai said in a Facebook post that peace cannot be built on the temporary goodwill or charity of the enemy. In order to respond to the Chinese Communist Party’s military operations, servicemembers stationed on the front line have “a heavy and arduous task” of maintaining combat readiness, she added.

In order to affirm the performance of the military, the president said she has visited several units one after another in recent days to cheer them on. Tsai mentioned that she went to the Air Force’s Sixth Radar Squadron and the Navy’s Third Hai Feng Shore-based Anti-ship Missile Squadron on Tuesday (Aug. 23).

The radar squadron keeps an eye on the dynamics of the CCP’s military actions around the clock, while the Hai Feng Squadron is on standby, closely observing Chinese forces, Tsai said. The president said servicemembers told her that even if they were tense and under pressure when faced with an enemy threat at close range, they are well-trained and able to respond calmly to prepare for Taiwan’s defense.

Only when the military sticks to its post can we live our usual lives, she added.

Tsai called on Taiwanese to “applaud” the heroic performance of the military and defend national security and democracy together with the military.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4636557

[Jimbuna]

China warns of 'forceful measures' if Canada interferes in Taiwan

OTTAWA (Reuters) - China warned it will take "forceful measures" if Canada interferes in Taiwan, a week after it emerged that a delegation of Canadian parliamentarians was planning to visit the island later this year to explore trade opportunities.

China claims Taiwan as its territory under its "one-China principle" and objects to foreign politicians visiting the island. Democratically governed Taiwan rejects China's claims.

"We urge the Canadian side to abide by the one-China principle and respect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," the Chinese embassy in Canada said in a statement sent late Tuesday.

"China will take resolute and forceful measures against any country that attempts to interfere with or infringe upon China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," the Chinese embassy said.

Members of a Canada-Taiwan parliamentary "friendship group", which does not receive administrative or financial support from the Canadian parliament, had been planning to visit the self-ruled island in October, Liberal Member of Parliament Judy Sgro said last week.

Sgro said the trip would focus on trade and the lawmakers intent was not to disrupt and cause problems for Taiwan or with China.

In a statement, Canada's government said parliamentary associations and friendship groups were independent, and it respected the lawmakers' intent to visit Taiwan.

Canada, like the rest of the West, follows a one-China policy that recognizes Beijing, not Taipei, diplomatically, while unofficially it supports Taiwan.

The relationship between China and the West has worsened since U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier this month against Beijing's wishes.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...out&li=BBoPWjQ

[mapuc]

?? Is China gonna fight the entire world ??

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Most doubtful...economics are more of a primary concern these days.

[Skybird]

But Xi may start a war to distract from the economic troubles his corona policies have caused. Even likelier it is when the party sees itself threatened by civil protesr or unrest.

[Jimbuna]

[Rockstar]

Lifer Times Report: US Coast Guard ship denied port call in Solomons

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2...l-in-solomons/

BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port call in the Solomon Islands, according to reports, an incident that comes amid growing concerns of Chinese influence on the Pacific nation.

…Britain’s Royal Navy did not comment directly on reports that the HMS Spey, also taking part in Operation Island Chief, was also denied a port call in the Solomon Islands.

[Jimbuna]

Two US warships are passing through the Taiwan Strait, the US Navy has announced.

It is the first such operation to take place since tensions between Taiwan and China increased following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan earlier this month.

China reacted by holding large-scale military drills in the area.

The US and other Western navies have routinely sailed through the strait in recent years.

Washington says the two guided-missile cruisers - the USS Antietam and the USS Chancellorsville - are demonstrating freedom of navigation through international waters.

Beijing views such actions as provocative and maintains that the island of Taiwan is an integral part of Chinese territory.

On Sunday, its military said it was monitoring the two vessels' progress, maintaining a high alert, and was ready to defeat any provocation, Reuters news agency reports.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62704449

[Jimbuna]

China dials down Taiwan rhetoric as US and Canada transit strait


China has toned down its rhetoric on Taiwan, saying it is inevitable that the self-governing island comes under its control, but that it would promote efforts to achieve that peacefully.

The comments followed recent remarks by US president Joe Biden that America would defend Taiwan if China were to invade, and came a day after US and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait.

The response does not appear to signal a change in policy as much as a broader attempt to calm the waters on multiple fronts in the run-up to a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party next month.

When asked about growing concern that China might resort to force, Ma Xiaoguang, the government spokesperson on Taiwan, said: “I would like to reiterate that … we are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and utmost efforts.”

China and Taiwan split in 1949 during a civil war that brought the Communist Party to power on the mainland. The rival Nationalists retreated to Taiwan and established their own government on the island off China’s east coast.

China launched missiles into the waters around Taiwan during major military exercises held last month in response to a visit by Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives.

Mr Ma, speaking at a news conference on the Taiwan issue, did not use the word force in his response, as he has in the past. Instead, he said that China would take “resolute measures” against any provocative moves by Taiwan or its international supporters.

He said that China would introduce more policies to help Taiwan, highlight the benefits of integration with China and encourage people-to-people exchanges.

“The motherland must be unified and will certainly be unified,” Mr Ma said, calling it “a historical trend that no-one can stop”.

But the Taiwanese, who have grown accustomed to democratic freedoms, appear unlikely to join China voluntarily — particularly after China’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, a former British colony returned to China in 1997.

China’s defence ministry for the second time in recent weeks noted the sailing of US warships through the Taiwan Strait but refrained from calling it provocative, as it had earlier this year.

Chinese forces monitored the USS Higgins, a guided-missile destroyer, and a Canadian frigate, the HMCS Vancouver, spokesperson Col Shi Yi said in a statement.

He added that the military will resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The US Navy said in a statement that Tuesday’s joint manoeuvre “demonstrates the commitment of the United States and our allies and partners to a free and open Indo-Pacific”.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...dd1b2031f4b450

[mapuc]

Is there a military coup in China?

Taiwanese, Nepalese and other anti-Chinese media are spreading information that Chinese President Xi Jinping has been "placed under house arrest by the military."

Although, there is no official confirmation of this

https://twitter.com/TpyxaNews/status...11260641435649

Markus

[Skybird]

So far I go by the assessment of this not being true.


https://dailyrake.ca/2022/09/24/supp...bly-fake-news/

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

So far I go by the assessment of this not being true.


https://dailyrake.ca/2022/09/24/supp...bly-fake-news/

Agree, he is far too powerful