US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin describes China’s military activity near Taiwan as “provocative and destabilizing.”
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during his participation in the Shangri-La Dialogue Security Summit in Singapore
Today, Saturday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin condemned China’s military activity near Taiwan, describing it as “provocative and destabilizing.”
This condemnation comes at a time when the Chinese Defense Minister, Wei Feng, stressed that China will work resolutely to Crush any attempt at “Taiwan independence”and will protect the reunification of the motherland, if the island declares its independence.
“We are witnessing increased coercion from Beijing. We have seen a steady increase in provocative and destabilizing military activity near Taiwan,” Austin said at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore.
The US Department of Defense stated that Austin stressed “the importance of peace and stability across the (Taiwan) Strait, and opposed any unilateral changes to the status quo,” calling on China “to refrain from taking any additional steps that destabilize Taiwan.”
China sees the United States of America as You will face dire consequences Because it encouraged separatist tendencies in Taiwan.
Earlier, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Zhou Fenglian, said, “The United States playing with fire in the Taiwan file.
In March, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his US counterpart, Joe Biden, that “the Taiwan issue needs to be properly addressed, in order to Avoid any negative effect in Sino-US relations.