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As U.S.-China relations continue on a dangerous downward spiral, many fear that conflict between the two superpowers could only be a matter of time, with the status of self-ruled Taiwan the spark most likely to trigger war.
Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/30/asia-pacific/taiwan-lee-hsi-min-interview-transcript/
Beijing, meanwhile, has increased military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, the island democracy it claims as its own to be united by force if necessary.
China has released a new documentary about the army’s preparation to attack Taiwan and showcasing soldiers pledging to give up their lives if needed as Beijing continues to ramp up its rhetoric against the self-ruled island.
China sees the self-ruled island as a part of its territory and insists it should be unified with the mainland, by force if necessary.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65773797?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Communist China claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and relations have soured since Taiwan's independence.
Some officials say it could be part of Beijing’s “grey zone” tactics, a non-military means of coercion that keeps pressure on the self-ruled island.
Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/chinese-vessels-frustrate-taiwan-fishing-communities/
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. Navy has sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait in its first known transit since China carried out a large encirclement exercise around self-ruled Taiwan.
Source: https://www.mymcmurray.com/2023/04/16/u-s-warship-sails-in-taiwan-strait-after-chinas-exercises/
The 10-dash line map includes the eastern section of self-ruled Taiwan, parts of India and Malaysia, as well as parts of the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea.
The exercise examined American diplomatic, economic and military options if the U.S. and China were ever to reach the brink of war over Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.
The “reunification” of Taiwan with China is “inevitable,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping claimed in a speech Tuesday, reiterating Beijing’s long-held stance on the self-ruled island democracy ahead of a crucial election there next month.