China did not neglect the military deal between the United States of America and Taiwan, until it initiated military moves that reached an advanced level through an air incursion that Taipei described as the largest of its kind, which reflected, in the eyes of observers, the extent of Beijing's anger at the level reached by the US-Taiwan rapprochement.
The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense said that 71 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force - including fighters and drones - entered the Taiwanese air defense identification zone during the past 24 hours, some of them across the median line of the Taiwan Strait, in a move that followed Washington's announcement of $10 billion in military aid and sales to Taipei. .
The incursions - according to the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense - amounted to 1,700 air incursions, in an indication of the escalation of regional tension that has not lost sight of the international bets, in a way that threatens more, with China waving from time to time military action to impose unity with Taiwan, although it often offers a peaceful way to reach achieving that goal.
losing paper
On the Chinese side, Victor Gao, Vice President of the Center for China and Globalization - in his interview with the "Beyond the News" program (26/12/2022) - made it clear that any attempt to prepare Taiwan for war will be doomed to failure, and will not serve the interests of the Taiwanese people, but will serve the political interests of the American powers. Which wants to use Taiwan as a card for its political competition with China.
He stressed that China has a full legal right to defend itself against any foreign interference, and Washington cannot change the fact that China is one "and Taiwan is only part of it," as Beijing wants to achieve its unity through peaceful means, considering that negotiations and preventing any interference A foreigner, including the American, would solve the Taiwan crisis, stressing that it is in America's interest to avoid any confrontation from China because it may lead to the end of the entire world.
As for the American level, Richard Weitz, an expert on security affairs at the WikiStrad Foundation, says that Washington believes that China has decided to knock on the door of reunification by force and has expanded its military activities in the vicinity of Taiwan, indicating that the Taiwanese people want to remain separate from China, according to what it indicates. Reports and statistics.
The security expert believed that there are US fears of China using force to achieve its full unity, and therefore Washington is trying to prevent the success of the armament deals so that the Ukrainian scenario does not recur, and this is what makes Washington support Taiwan militarily to strengthen its defenses.
Defensive reinforcement
For her part, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said that she stresses day after day the need to strengthen her defense capabilities to confront the continuous expansion of tyranny, as she described it.
The Chinese army's Eastern Command had published a video of combat readiness patrols and exercises for joint air strikes by sea and air around the island on December 25.
The command said the field forces will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
It is noteworthy that the air and sea exercises conducted by the Chinese army are the largest since the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan last August, and a comment was issued by the US National Security Council stating, "We are concerned about provocative Chinese military activity near Taiwan."