A spark of clash and a possible war knocked on the doors of the Pacific Ocean due to the mutual escalation between the West and China over the island of Taiwan, a clash that culminated in the arrival of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Taipei airport, despite threats made by China to target any aircraft that penetrate the airspace.
Tension escalated with the announcement of the Asian tour initiated by Nancy Pelosi, the US House Speaker, who is the third-highest official in the United States following the president and his deputy, and attention has been drawn since the beginning of the visit to China, which warned strongly and in a strict tone of this visit, and even announced the conduct of maneuvers once morest coast facing taiwan.
The roots of the dispute
China views Taiwan as part of it and a separate province that it vows to take back by force if necessary, but Taiwan’s leaders say it is more than just a province, and argue that it is a sovereign state. The BBC says Taiwan has its own constitution and elected leaders, and also has 300,000 active armed forces..
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And the story began The dispute between China and Taiwan Since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1948, when the losing Kuomintang government fled to the island of Taiwan and established the government of the Republic of China in exile, the Communist Party of China in mainland China established the People’s Republic of China. Beginning in the 1970s, many countries began to change their official relations from the Chinese government in exile to Beijing, and now, only fewer than 15 governments around the world recognize Taiwan as a country..
US House Speaker arrives in Taiwan
Beijing has never ruled Taiwan, and since the end of the civil war the island has enjoyed de facto independence. After the decades-long martial law period ended, Taiwan enjoyed de facto independence.
China’s unity is a major goal of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, while Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan is already sovereign and does not need to declare independence. However, Beijing considers its government members to be separatists.
Despite the political tension, the relations between the two peoples have greatly increased. Taiwanese companies have invested regarding 600 billion dollars in China, and regarding one million Taiwanese live in China, and many of them run Taiwanese factories..
The moment Nancy Pelosi’s plane arrives in Taiwan
One China policy
When the United States moved to recognize the government of Beijing, and not to recognize the two republics of China in Taiwan, in 1979, the United States stated that the government of the People’s Republic of China was the only legal government of China, which means that the government of the Republic of China is the only China, without regard to the government in Taiwan As a separate entity with sovereignty.
Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan
However, Washington did not deal with Chinese demands that it recognize Beijing’s sovereignty over Taiwan. Instead, Washington recognized the Chinese position that Taiwan is part of China.
For reasons of international politics, both the United States and the People’s Government of China were ready to move forward with diplomatic recognition despite their disagreement on the matter. Washington has maintained official relations with Beijing and unofficial relations with Taiwan.
Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan
The US Institute for Political and Strategic Studies says that the one-China policy, which has been recognized by US administrations, has ensured the maintenance of stability in the Taiwan Strait and has allowed both Taiwan and mainland China to continue their extraordinary political, economic, and social transitions in relative peace..
The United States provides Taiwan with defensive weapons under the decades-old Taiwan Relations Act, but maintains an ambiguous position on whether it will defend the island in the event of an invasion by China, a policy dubbed strategic ambiguity..
In 1995, Taiwan President Lee Teng-hyu’s visit to the United States led to a major crisis in the Taiwan Strait. China launched missiles into the waters around Taiwan and the crisis ended only following the United States sent battle groups and aircraft carriers to the region in a show of force to support Taipei.