The Chinese leader, who has just started his third term, visited the army command center on Wednesday. Her photos circulated on the Internet, walking around the military headquarters in military uniform. He was supposed to tell commanders to “focus all their energy on fighting” in preparation for war, a Chinese Communist Party spokesman reported as quoted by The Guardian.
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Xi Jinping “sends a message to the United States and Taiwan”
Speech Xi Jinpingwho pointed out at a recent party convention that China’s situation is currently precarious and that it sees “dangerous storms on the horizon”, fueling fears that China they can attack Taiwan, which Beijing considers its own territory. At the same exit the Chinese leader clearly criticized growing US support for Taipei, blaming “foreign interference” for heightening tensions. In his opening address to Congress, he said, “We never promise to renounce the use of force.
Jinping’s call for strengthening the military and training is nothing new to the Chinese and the rest of the world. He made similar statements in 2013, shortly after taking office, and again in 2017, but political analysts say he has stepped up his rhetoric significantly this time around. “It sends a message to the United States and to Taiwan,” Willy Lam, an expert at the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation’s Defense Policy Center, told The Guardian. “Although China’s military might has yet to match that of the United States, Xi has made decisions not always based on rational calculation.” Lam warns.
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Joe Biden has repeatedly promised that the United States will defend Taiwan if attacked. The situation worsened after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August this year. After that, the People’s Liberation Army started sending some of its ships and planes to the unofficial border between China and Taiwan. This week alone, 63 combat aircraft have appeared there, including 28 fighters and four warships, as reported by the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense. Some of them broke through the Taiwanese air defense identification zone. Similar violations occurred repeatedly in October and November.
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