Commenting on Sky News Arabia, a Chinese political pundit and political analyst described the US move as “playing with fire”, listing what they expect from China’s response to this “provocation”.
US President Joe Biden is preparing to approve a $500 million arms sale to Taiwan, as well as send more than 100 military experts to train and help improve the island’s defenses, according to the Associated Press .
Fire alerts
What was said by senior Chinese leaders in response to US-Taiwanese cooperation, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency:
A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Ma Xiaoguang, said on Wednesday that the (ruling) Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan “pose a real threat to peace after coming to terms with outside forces to implement their program to -called Taiwan independence.” The spokesperson added, in a press conference, that the military exercises carried out by the Chinese army (manoeuvres around Taiwan) are “justified”; Because it is a response to provocations that threaten China’s politics and territorial integrity. “The consequences of serving as a pawn used by foreign powers to contain China are gradually pushing Taiwan into war,” the spokesperson said. Guang said the US statements revealed that anti-China people in the United States were engaged in actions to “destroy Taiwan” under the guise of “supporting Taiwan”. A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman, Tan Kefei, on Tuesday considered the provision of further US aid and the sending of US troops to Taiwan “a matter that cannot be tolerated, and Taiwan remains the first red risk that must not be crossed in Sino-US relations.” The military “will continue its training and combat readiness to crush Taiwan’s so-called independence attempts and outside interference in all its forms.”
Play with fire
Chinese political analyst Fayhaa Wang Xin in turn warned that the expected arms deal “adds fuel to the already burning fire between the two sides”.
She added that anyone who plays with fire in the Taiwanese file “will end up burning”, stressing that her country “will not make any concessions to those who try to undermine its sovereignty and security”.
In the opinion of international relations expert Muhammad al-Yamani, Washington “is trying to drag China into a war in Taiwan, and it has a prior plan in this regard, and Beijing will deal firmly with any threat against its nation”. security.”
How will China react?
Fayhaa did not provide details on the expected response his country would take if Washington continued to arm Taiwan, saying only, “China reserves the right to respond, and every event has a hadith.”
As for the Yemenis, it is likely that China “will not be satisfied with military training and maneuvers, as it did before, and this time the matter can evolve, and it can be through military operations direct”.
We deduce that China has “very advanced weapons, and that it can use them in case the United States continues to play with fire and provoke Beijing through the Taiwanese file”.
There are also other Chinese responses that may be non-military, according to the international relations expert, “through China’s use of its economic power to limit the United States economically in the Middle East and Europe.”
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