Sources familiar with the matter
said tuesday, Zai's instruction came at a recent
meeting of the central military
commission, china's highest military
authority after six democratic nations
including the united states and japan
carried out joint military drills near
taiwan earlier this month involving
three aircraft carriers. A large number of chinese military
planes have entered taiwan's air defense
identification zone since last friday in
an apparent bid to counter the military
exercises conducted by Britain, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and
the united states.
She is believed to think that the
military drills in waters southwest of Okinawa. Japan's southernmost prefecture were
designed to prevent china from unifying
democratic taiwan with the mainland and
from gaining the tokyo-controlled
senkaku island, claimed by beijing.
On monday the united states criticized
the communist-led government over the
intrusion of 56 chinese military planes
into taiwan's air defense identification
zone, saying it undermined regional peace
and stability.
White House press secretary Jen Pasaki
said the united states urges china to
cease its military, diplomatic and
economic pressure and coercion against
taiwan. Our commitment to taiwan is rock solid
and contributes to the maintenance of
peace and stability across the taiwan
strait and within the region.
Pasaki said. the incursion by the military planes a
one-day record since the self-governed
island began disclosing such figures in
september last year brought to 149 the
number of the planes that have intruded
so far this month. The world has seen that china is
violating regional peace and pressuring
taiwan. Premier Soo Sang-Chong said
tuesday calling its people to come
together as one and strengthen the
island.
At the central military commission she
commander-in-chief of the armed forces
said china should show that it is always
ready to fight. But in reality the
mainland wants to avoid a head on
confrontation with the united states, the
sources said.
In march 1996 then u.s president Bill Clinton ordered two aircraft carrier
battle groups into waters off taiwan's
southern coast to tackle china's threats
against the island before its first
presidential election. China and taiwan have been separately
governed since they split in 1949 as a
result of a civil war. Their relations have deteriorated since
independence leaning ing wen became
taiwan's president in 2016. The mainland considers the island as a
renegade province.
