Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun warned this Sunday that the “Taiwanese separatists” and “foreign forces” pushing for Taiwan’s independence from China will end up “self-destructing.”
Dong Jun, Chinese Defense Minister, in Singapore.
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China and the US maintain differences regarding the autonomy and status of Taiwan, which Beijing considers a rebellious province that does not rule out invading, while the United States is committed to defending its autonomy.
Dong, who met on Friday with his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin, in parallel to the defense forum in the Asian city-state, assured that foreign forces They “interfere” through laws and the sale of weapons, as well as maintain “illegal official contacts.”
While he accused the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which won the May elections, of “erasing” Taiwan’s Chinese identity and “cutting historical, social and cultural ties” with Beijing.
“The danger of national division is there (…) China will act resolutely to avoid any attempt at independence,” the Chinese soldier remarked.
The Taiwanese Army successfully tested a domestically manufactured surface-to-air missile, the Land Sword II.
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Tension in the South China Sea
During his speech, Dong pointed out that “some countries” are spreading “false stories” in the aforementioned sea and illegally deploying missiles in the region, although without expressly mentioning the Philippines and the USA.
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Dong also assured that China has never used force, despite the fact that Chinese ships have fired water cannons on Philippine ships on several occasions in disputed waters in the South China Sea, as shown in images released by Manila.
EFE
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