China has started a large -scale military exercise around Taiwan again. The democratically ruled island is almost encircled. Beijing speaks of a warning to the independence movement.
The practice of the Chinese military is celebrated on the Weibo social media platform. In a video, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-Te is portrayed as a larva, which is roasted over an island of Taiwan.
Karen Kuo, spokeswoman for the Taiwanian Presidential Office, condemns China's procedure as a provocation. One is prepared. “We have the situation completely in view. In view of external threats, our government will continue to defend the democratic and free constitutional system. We have the trust and ability to defend our sovereign rights, to protect the security of the population and to maintain social stability.”
Martial backdrop in the north, west and east
Chinese ships, planes and rocket troops have been on the north, south and east of Taiwan since morning. Including the new Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong. The Chinese military focuses on its own statements, as can build blockages in key regions and routes. Military experts consider a blockade of the island to be more likely than an invasion of Chinese troops.
The Chinese military's exercise takes place around Taiwan. Military maneuvers had held military maneuvers several times earlier several times before.
Guo Jiakun, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, describes the military exercise as a legitimate measure for maintaining national unity. Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory and the Taiwan question an inner matter in China. The democratic progress party of Taiwan's persistent persistent on the independence of Taiwan. She tries to split the country and rely on foreign forces, the spokesman claims. However, this is doomed to fail. China will ultimately reunite.
China's leadership speaks of reunification, although Taiwan has never belonged to the territory of communist -ruled People's Republic. The declared goal of the government in Beijing is to incorporate the democratically ruled island – if necessary with military violence.
Background: China-Taiwan conflict
The dispute over Taiwan's status goes back to the Chinese civil war when the troops of the National Chinese Kuomintang fled to Taiwan after their defeat against the Communists. The Communist People's Republic was founded in Beijing in 1949. Taiwan has developed into a free democracy as a “Republic of China” since the 1990s.
However, Beijing sees the island as its own territory. With his one-China doctrine, Beijing demands that no country can maintain diplomatic and other official relationships with the island republic if it wants to maintain a normal relationship with the People's Republic.
USA rely on deterrence in the Indopazacifik
The exercise starts two days after visiting US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth in Japan. The latter had said there that the USA held on a robust and credible deterrent in the Indopazacifik, which also includes Taiwan-Straße. The waterway is located between the island of Taiwan and the Chinese mainland and is an important trade route.
The democratic progress party has been ruling in Taipei since 2016. It is considered separatist by Beijing because Taiwan's independence is part of her program. However, President Lai Ching-Te has already said that he does not want to explain any formal independence, since the island state is already an independent country.
