Beijing threatens to remove the president of Taiwan | Phalanges

Beijing threatens to “remove” the president of Taiwan from existence.

Beijing threatened to “wipe” Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen out of existence, saying it was “determined to resort to the necessary means, including military options,” to prevent the United States and Taiwan from strengthening their relations.
The Chinese government’s “Global Times” editorial said that the current military exercises being conducted by the People’s Liberation Army in and around the strait “are not a warning, but a dress rehearsal for the capture of Taiwan.” The newspaper warned in a tweet that if Taipei violates China’s 2005 anti-secession law, “a war will break out and the president will be removed.”
The president of Taiwan pledged to strengthen relations with the United States during a dinner banquet honoring a senior American official, the same day that China sent 18 fighter jets to harass the island, expressing his anger at the visit. In a statement late Friday, the presidential palace said Tsai thanked Krash and his team at their official residence for their presence to participate in the memorial service for the late President Lee Tinghui, founder of democracy in Taiwan.
“I hope that Taiwan and the United States will continue to work together to promote peace, stability, prosperity and development,” Tsai said, adding that Taiwan-United States relations have made great progress in recent years.
On Friday, at a press conference in Beijing, China announced its efforts at peacekeeping and combat exercises near the Taiwan Strait, and condemned what it described as collusion between the United States and the island.
Leaders of the Eastern Theater of Operations of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army previously announced that “multi-scenario-based exercises” would be held in the Taiwan Strait from Friday.
The Taiwan Defense Ministry said on Twitter that these actions “violate our sovereignty, but also destabilize peace in the region.” Chinese fighter jets crossed the median line over the waters of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday for the second day in a row, putting pressure on the island after the United States sent a prominent envoy to Taipei to show Washington’s support.
Keith Crash, the US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, arrived in Taipei on Thursday for a three-day visit and is the highest-ranking US State Department official to visit Taiwan in four decades. The move angered China. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said it left the country on Saturday afternoon.
Beijing made “official” protests to the United States over Karachi’s visit to Taipei. “China resolutely opposes any form of official relations between the United States and Taiwan,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. Crash is the top Foreign Ministry official who has visited Taiwan since 1979, the year the United States cut diplomatic relations with Taipei, with the aim of recognizing the communist government, which is based in Beijing.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said, in a separate statement, that China is carrying out provocative activities inflicting heavy losses on peace and stability. He added: “The Defense Ministry strongly condemns this and calls on the continent’s authorities to act with restraint and withdraw from this dangerous approach.” The Taiwan Air Force sent its fighter jets for the second day in a row, yesterday Saturday, to warn several Chinese planes approaching the island, crossing the middle line of the Taiwan Straits, and urging the island government, Beijing, to “withdraw from the dangerous approach.” He said 19 Chinese fighters were involved in the affair, which is more per plane than the previous day’s number, and some crossed the middle line in the Taiwan Strait, while others flew within the identification range of Taiwan’s air defense front. to the southwest coast. China considers Taiwan as part of its territory. According to a map provided by the ministry, no Chinese fighters have approached or flown over mainland Taiwan.
Tensions between China and the United States have escalated on several fronts over the past year, in light of disputes between the two countries over trade, the new Corona virus pandemic, the strengthening of China’s military presence in the Sea of South China and Beijing’s policies in Hong Kong and the Xinjiang region. On Friday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized the Chinese “military outcry.” Since Tsai Ing-wen was elected President of Taiwan in 2016, Beijing has continued to intensify its diplomatic, economic and military pressure on the island.
Beijing condemns any move that gives legitimacy to the island’s government, which China considers part of its territory, and invites it to return to its embrace, threatening to use force if necessary.
The island, which has a population of 23 million, and mainland China have been ruled by two separate governments since 1949 and Kuomintang nationalists fled to Taiwan, while Communists led by Mao Zedong took power in Beijing.