{"id":3207,"date":"2024-10-16T14:34:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2024-10-17T00:58:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:58:36","slug":"beijing-not-ruling-out-use-of-force-over-taiwan-state-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/beijing-not-ruling-out-use-of-force-over-taiwan-state-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing not ruling out use of force over Taiwan \u2013 state official"},"content":{"rendered":"

The warning comes after China staged large-scale drills around the island<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beijing will not reject the possibility of using force over Taiwan if it \u201cdares to take risks\u201d<\/em> and declare independence. However, this would be directed at outside interference and a small minority of \u201cseparatists,\u201d<\/em> China\u2019s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The remark came shortly after China wrapped up large-scale military exercises around the island, and following a speech by Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te last week, in which he reiterated the island government\u2019s stance to push for independence from Beijing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

China\u2019s stated goal is peaceful reunification, but the country\u2019s authorities have repeatedly said they would use force if Taiwan attempts to declare independence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity,\u201d<\/em> Chen Binhua, the spokesperson for China\u2019s Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a regular press briefing, as quoted by Reuters. \u201cBut we will never commit ourselves to renouncing the use of force,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Chen clarified, however, that this would be aimed at the interference of \u201cexternal forces,\u201d<\/em> referring to the US, Taiwan\u2019s main backer and arms supplier, and the small number of separatists \u2013 not the vast majority of people on the island.<\/p>\n

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China wraps up drills near Taiwan<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He went on to say that regardless of how many troops Taipei has, how many weapons it acquires, and \u201cno matter whether external forces intervene\u201d<\/em> if Taiwan \u201cdares to take risks,\u201d<\/em> it will \u201clead to its own destruction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Chen hit out at Lai, calling his remarks about \u201coutright\u201d<\/em> Taiwan independence \u201cseparatist claims,\u201d<\/em> and warned that Beijing\u2019s actions to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity \u201cwill not cease for a moment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier this week China held joint army, navy, air force, and rocket force exercises near the island, which according to the Chinese military, were meant to serve as a \u201cstern deterrence to the separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The drills prompted Taipei to conduct a national security meeting, urging Beijing to \u201crespect the Taiwanese people\u2019s choice of a democratic and free way of life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Beijing has repeatedly stressed that it considers the self-governing island of Taiwan to be an inalienable part of China under the One-China principle. It says that there is only one national state for the Chinese people. Beijing interprets the policy as supporting its claim of sovereignty over the self-governed island. Taiwan was the last refuge of nationalist forces in the 1940s Chinese Civil War, and has remained a key US ally in the region in the decades since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The warning comes after China staged large-scale drills around the island Beijing will not reject the possibility of using force over Taiwan if it \u201cdares to take risks\u201d and declare independence. However, this would be directed at outside interference and a small minority of \u201cseparatists,\u201d China\u2019s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday. The remark came…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3211,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3207\/revisions\/3211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}