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Russia Today
a day ago
- General
- Russia Today
China rejects comparisons between Ukraine conflict and Taiwan
Drawing parallels between Taiwan and the Ukraine conflict is 'unacceptible,' the Chinese Embassy in Singapore said in response to remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron had delivered a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday in which he rejected those who would frame the conflict as a purely European concern. 'If we consider that Russia could be allowed to take a part of the territory of Ukraine without any restriction… What could happen in Taiwan?' he said. 'Comparing the Taiwan question with the Ukraine issue is unacceptable. The two are different in nature, and not comparable at all,' the embassy said on Facebook on Saturday, reiterating that the issue of Taiwan is 'entirely China's internal affair.' Crimea voted to join Russia shortly after the 2014 US-backed coup in Kiev, and four other former Ukrainian regions did the same following referendums in 2022. Moscow has demanded that, for a viable peace deal, Ukraine must recognize Russia's new borders and withdraw its troops from Russian territory. Taiwan has had a separate government since 1949, when nationalists retreated to the island after losing a war with the Communists in mainland China. Beijing maintains that it will achieve 'national reunification' and has warned the authorities in Taipei against formally declaring independence. Only a handful of countries recognize Taiwan as an independent country, while most states, including the US and Russia, adhere to the 'One-China' principle. Nevertheless, multiple Western countries maintain informal ties with Taiwan.
Russia Today
a day ago
- General
- Russia Today
China rejects comparing Ukraine conflict to Taiwan
Drawing parallels between Taiwan and the Ukraine conflict is 'unacceptible,' the Chinese Embassy in Singapore said in response to remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron. 'Comparing the Taiwan question with the Ukraine issue is unacceptable. The two are different in nature, and not comparable at all,' the embassy said on Facebook on Saturday, reiterating that the issue of Taiwan is 'entirely China's internal affair.' The statement was released shortly after Macron delivered a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday. 'If we consider that Russia could be allowed to take a part of the territory of Ukraine without any restriction… What could happen in Taiwan?' he said. Crimea voted to join Russia shortly after the 2014 US-backed coup in Kiev, and four other former Ukrainian regions did the same following referendums in 2022. Moscow has demanded that, for a viable peace deal, Ukraine must recognize Russia's new borders and withdraw its troops from Russian territory. Taiwan has had a separate government since 1949, when nationalists retreated to the island after losing a war with the Communists in mainland China. Beijing maintains that it will achieve 'national reunification' and has warned the authorities in Taipei against formally declaring independence. Only a handful of countries recognize Taiwan as an independent country, while most states, including the US and Russia, adhere to the 'One-China' principle. Nevertheless, multiple Western countries maintain informal ties with Taiwan.
Miami Herald
3 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
China Reacts to Trump Taiwan Arms Report: ‘Red Line'
China warned the U.S. of its "first red line that cannot be crossed" after a report that President Donald Trump intends to increase arms sales to Taiwan. The Trump Administration will lift weapons sales to Taiwan to higher levels than during his first administration, Reuters reported, citing U.S. officials, to put more military pressure on Beijing. "The Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests and the first red line that cannot be crossed in China-US relations," Lin Jian, spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said at a press briefing on Friday. "China firmly opposes the US' arms sales to China's Taiwan region, urges the US to abide by the One China principle, and the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17 communiqué of 1982. "Stop selling arms to Taiwan and stop creating new factors that could lead to tensions in the Taiwan Strait. China is firmly resolved in defending its national sovereignty and territorial integrity." This is a breaking news story. More to follow. Related Articles China Warns US Over Trump's 'Golden Dome'Trump and Xi Jinping May Have a Call Amid 'Stalled' Talks: Scott BessentDrinking Water Contamination Sparks Faucet RecallWill There Be a Trump Tariff Refund? 2025 NEWSWEEK DIGITAL LLC.
Newsweek
3 days ago
- Business
- Newsweek
China Reacts to Trump Taiwan Arms Report: 'Red Line'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. China warned the U.S. of its "first red line that cannot be crossed" after a report that President Donald Trump intends to increase arms sales to Taiwan. The Trump Administration will lift weapons sales to Taiwan to higher levels than during his first administration, Reuters reported, citing U.S. officials, to put more military pressure on Beijing. "The Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests and the first red line that cannot be crossed in China-US relations," Lin Jian, spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said at a press briefing on Friday. "China firmly opposes the US' arms sales to China's Taiwan region, urges the US to abide by the One China principle, and the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17 communiqué of 1982. "Stop selling arms to Taiwan and stop creating new factors that could lead to tensions in the Taiwan Strait. China is firmly resolved in defending its national sovereignty and territorial integrity." This is a breaking news story. More to follow.
New York Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Why Taiwan fears outside world will abandon it if China invades
TAIPEI — Taiwanese officials are worried their country will have difficulty attracting international support should China launch an invasion — as the self-governing island's independence is recognized by just 12 countries worldwide. 'Ukraine is a [United Nations] member state, and Taiwan is not,' Liang Wen-Chieh, deputy minister of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, told The Post last week. 'Therefore, if there is war between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, we will undoubtedly receive much less aid from the international community than Ukraine.' American and Taiwanese officials have estimated China will be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027 after rapidly modernizing its military over the past two decades. Advertisement 'The reason why the year 2027 is mentioned so many times is because it is the junction where the current term of [Chinese President] Xi [Jinping] will end that year and the next term will begin,' Liang said. 'So in order to stay in power, Xi will have to possibly use force against Taiwan.' 5 Two soldiers lower the Taiwan national flag during the daily flag ceremony at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan on April 29, 2025. AP 5 Deputy Minister of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council Liang Wen-Chieh said he believes Taiwan would receive less world support that Ukraine has should China invade its territory. Mainland Affairs Council Advertisement China and Taiwan have no diplomatic relations, and Beijing refuses any kind of communication with the island. Though China claims Taiwan as its own, the island is entirely self-funded, self-governed and otherwise operates as an independent, democratic country. Still, most of the world does not recognize Taiwan's independence, primarily because doing so means crossing the Chinese Communist Party. The 12 countries that currently recognize Taiwan include Belize, Guatemala, Haiti, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Eswatini, Tuvalu, and the Vatican. Even the US adheres to the so-called 'One China' principle, which acknowledges China's ambition to bring Taiwan under its control, but does not take sides on the issue. 5 Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te walks past soldiers at a naval base following Chinese military drills earlier in the week, in Taoyuan on Oct. 18, 2024. AFP via Getty Images Advertisement Beijing regularly threatens any nations that attempt to recognize Taiwan's sovereignty, with Chinese President Xi Jinping considering unification of his country and the island a top priority. The People's Republic of China also continually threatens Taiwan itself, launching military exercises in the waters surrounding the island. Still, only about a quarter of the island's population believes Beijing will attempt to annex the island within the next five years, according to Kuan-Chen Lee, a fellow at Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR). 5 Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that annexing Taiwan is one of his top goals. Getty Images Advertisement 'More than 60% of our respondents say that China is the most important threat facing Taiwan,' he said. One thing working in Taipei's favor is global skepticism of the China-Russia axis following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. 'When [the Ukraine War] broke out in 2022, everyone thought about, 'Today Ukraine, tomorrow Taiwan.' We're also thinking about that right now,' said INDSR research fellow Ming-Shih Shen. 'China supports Russia in its war. And the day when China invades Taiwan, and how will Russia support or help China? 5 Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping attend a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Red Square in central Moscow on May 9. via REUTERS 'Recently, you can see that Xi Jinping joined the military parade in Moscow [to mark V-E Day]. And many experts or analysts think that maybe Xi Jinping and Putin already formed some agreement.' While Liang worried the threat wouldn't be enough to secure the world's support, Ukrainian Armed Forces Cmdr. Oleh Shyriaiev told The Post he believes the international community would come to Taiwan's aid should another Goliath invade a David. 'Civilized capitalist countries will be protecting the world from the plague that is communism,' he said by phone from the battlefield. 'The political system, both in Russia and China, is a hybrid, quasi-Communist creation, so I do not think that the collective West will abandon Taiwan without help. 'Our mainstay is that together we have achieved victory over Hitler, and we will do the same together again — we will achieve victory over Putin [and Xi].'
