Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will resolutely uphold the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity without leaving room for “Taiwan independence” separatist activities of any kind.
In a press conference held this Wednesday, Tan accused the authorities of the Democratic Progressive Party (PDP), which governs Taiwan, of colluding with external forces to seek the secession of the island and to be on the opposite side of the fundamental interests of Taiwan. the chinese nation.
He also blamed the United States for causing tensions in the Straits with its acts of interference and its support for the PDP, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday night.
Tan declared that it is justifiable for the PLA to carry out military operations in response to these threats and warned Washington against interfering in the Taiwanese issue or improving its relations with the island.
“Taiwan is China and the Taiwan issue is a purely Chinese internal affair and the core of China’s vital interests,” Tan stressed.
The spokesman urged the United States to give up its attempt to use Taiwan to contain China and cease its “salami tactics,” which consist of gradually increasing its pressure on Beijing.
Tan reiterated that China firmly opposes any form of official exchanges or military contact between the United States and Taiwan.
Relations between Beijing and Taipei deteriorated last summer after the visit to the island of the then Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, which raised tension in the strait to unprecedented highs in years.
Taiwan, with whom the North American country does not maintain official relations, is one of the main reasons for conflict between China and the US, mainly because Washington is the main supplier of arms to Taiwan and would be its greatest military ally in the event of a war. with the Asian giant.
Beijing claims sovereignty over the island, which has been governed autonomously under the official name of the Republic of China since the Kuomintang nationalists withdrew there in 1949 after losing the war against the communist army.
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