China launches aggressive military drills around Taiwan Island for two days 23 and 24 May in response of American military arms sell to Taiwan. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to bring the Island under its rule, by force if necessary. China on Thursday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games aimed to punished the self-ruled island after its new President vowed to defend democracy.
China’s military said in response to media -“the latest show of force is a strong punishment for the separatist acts of Taiwan independence, as the military drills under going on.
China ,which ruled their people by autocrat and sees Taiwan as a part of its territory and has vowed to bring the Island under its rule and oppose democratic Taiwan. Thursday and Friday’s drills involve aircraft and ships surrounding the island to test their combat capabilities, said China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) said.
Taiwan’s President spokeswoman also condemned China provocative military drills around their Island. Taiwan’s military also respond China’s aggressive drills by deploying air, ground and sea forces, with the Island’s defence ministry vowing to defend freedom.
China has started the drills after Taiwan’s new president ceremony in which new president say, “In face of the many threats and attempts of infiltration from China, we must demonstrate our resolution to defend our nation.”
Opposing Democracy & Independence
China don’t like democracy and they wants to Taiwan should be like autocracy as just like me, but they should know that people of Taiwan don’t like autocracy and China. So, China shouldn’t interferes in democratic Taiwan.
China started the drills at morning time around 7:45 am(local time), are taking place in the Taiwan strait , to north, south and east of the island nation a PLA Eastern Theater Command Naval Colonel Li Xi said to media.
China’s military put out a series of posters touting what is so called it “Cross-strait lethality”. They also shows Jets, rockets and naval vessels next to blood-stained text.
Breaking Economy Autonomy
Peoples Republic of China, which spilt with Taiwan at the end of civil war 75 years ago, regards this island as its own provience with which it must be reunified. So, China has stepped up pressure on the democratic island of nearly 23 million people, and periodically tells worries about a potential invasion.
Zhang Chi, a professer at Beijing’s China National Defence University, said the drills aimed to “strangle” Taiwan’s critical Kaohsiung port to “severely impact” its foreign trade. They can cut off Taiwan’s lifeline of energy imports as well as we can block the support lines that some US allies provide to Taiwan separatist.
The last year in 2022 same type of military drills they started in response to Nancy pelosi visit to island nation. They followed April drills that simulated the encircle of the island nation, after Lai’s predecessor Tsai Ing- wen met then US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California.
The Taiwan Strait is one of the world’s most important maritime trade arteries, and the island nation itself is a major tech manufacturer, in particularly area of semiconductor, major company like TSMC are also belongs to here. The tiny chips used in everything from smartphone to space and missile systems.
Breaking Friendship between US and Taiwan
The United States started its diplomatic recognition from Twain to China in 1979 but remains the Taiwan’s most important friend and supplier of military hardware. So, China wants to breaks friendship between Taiwan island and United States.
In past time response to media, US President Joe Biden has said he doesn’t support Taiwan’s Independence but also that he would back sending military forces to defend the island. The US position on the Taiwan is not crystals clear. The Unites state is not yet official responded on these military drills.