{"id":1965685,"date":"2023-07-06T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-claims-the-u-s-is-turning-taiwan-into-a-powder-keg-pushing-taiwanese-toward-abyss-of-disaster\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:32:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:32:30","slug":"china-claims-the-u-s-is-turning-taiwan-into-a-powder-keg-pushing-taiwanese-toward-abyss-of-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-claims-the-u-s-is-turning-taiwan-into-a-powder-keg-pushing-taiwanese-toward-abyss-of-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"China accuses the U.S. of making Taiwan a &#8216;powder keg,&#8217; leading it towards a &#8216;disastrous abyss.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-claims-the-u-s-is-turning-taiwan-into-a-powder-keg-pushing-taiwanese-toward-abyss-of-disaster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1965685&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>China Accuses U.S. of Pushing Taiwan Towards Disaster<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">China is accusing the United States of pushing Taiwan toward a disaster, claiming the recent sale of military equipment to the island nation has turned it into a \u201cpowder keg.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last week, the U.S. State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-state-dept-oks-two-possible-military-sales-taiwan-pentagon-2023-06-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved<\/a> the sale of $440 million in military equipment to Taiwan, including 30 mm ammunition, small arms, combat weapons systems, and other equipment, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-china-us-military-sales-4730400c993d2e32e85ad8cf718be583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press. On Wednesday, China\u2019s Defense Ministry responded to the approval by accusing the U.S. of putting Taiwan on a path toward destruction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is tantamount to accelerating the transformation of Taiwan into a \u2018powder keg\u2019 and pushing the Taiwanese people into the abyss of disaster,\u201d Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Col. Tan Kefei said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-china-us-military-sales-4730400c993d2e32e85ad8cf718be583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The statement on the defense ministry\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/eng.chinamil.com.cn\/CHINA_209163\/TopStories_209189\/16235186.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> said the communist nation is \u201cfirmly opposed\u201d to any arms sales from the U.S. to Taiwan, claiming the U.S. \u201cdisregarded\u201d Chinese concerns and interfered in internal relations. The ministry also accused the U.S. of \u201cdeliberately\u201d escalating tensions along the Taiwan Strait.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the Taiwan defense ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taiwannews.com.tw\/en\/news\/4936252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detected<\/a> 26 Chinese military aircraft and four naval ships from around the island. Nine of those aircraft crossed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-urges-biden-administration-to-keep-confronting-china\/\" title=\"Senator Urges Biden Administration to Keep Confronting China\">air defense identification zone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnd.gov.tw\/Publish.aspx?p=81664&#038;title=%e5%9c%8b%e9%98%b2%e6%b6%88%e6%81%af&#038;SelectStyle=%e5%8d%b3%e6%99%82%e8%bb%8d%e4%ba%8b%e5%8b%95%e6%85%8b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the ministry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taiwan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-could-invade-taiwan-within-the-next-year-u-s-navy-chief-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officially<\/a> the Republic of China, has been independently governed since 1949. China holds a \u201cOne China\u201d policy, asserting that Taiwan is a part of China. The United States doesn\u2019t recognize Taiwan\u2019s formal independence and instead has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/u-s-relations-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diplomatic relations<\/a> with Beijing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even so, the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?path=\/prelim@title22\/chapter48&#038;edition=prelim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vowed<\/a> under the Taiwan Relations Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/taiwan-relations-act-statement-signing-hr-2479-into-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed<\/a> by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, \u201cto provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character.\u201d On Friday, in response to the U.S. Department of State approving sales to Taiwan, the country\u2019s defense ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-state-dept-oks-two-possible-military-sales-taiwan-pentagon-2023-06-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> it would help protect against \u201csevere threats\u201d by China\u2019s \u201cexpanding threats of military and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-claims-the-u-s-is-turning-taiwan-into-a-powder-keg-pushing-taiwanese-toward-abyss-of-disaster\/\" title=\"China accuses the U.S. of making Taiwan a 'powder keg,' leading it towards a 'disastrous abyss.'\">grey zone tactics<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similarly, the U.S. State Department said the sale of the equipment \u201cserves U.S. national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipient\u2019s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taiwan has been continuously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-could-invade-taiwan-within-the-next-year-u-s-navy-chief-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provoked<\/a> by China, especially since the election of Taiwan\u2019s President Tsai Ing-wen, whose Democratic Progressive Party is more in favor of independence from China. After Tsai met with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in California in April, the Chinese military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-simulates-precision-strikes-on-key-targets-in-taiwan-after-presidents-u-s-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conducted<\/a> three days of drills, even rehearsing an \u201cencirclement\u201d of Taiwan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cUnder the unified command of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-simulates-precision-strikes-on-key-targets-in-taiwan-after-presidents-u-s-visit\/\" title=\"China Simulates \u2018Precision Strikes\u2019 On \u2018Key\u2019 Targets In Taiwan After President\u2019s U.S. Visit\">theatre joint operations command center<\/a>, multiple types of units carried out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-state-department-says-sufficient-resources-in-place-as-china-simulates-striking-taiwan\/\" title=\"US State Department Says \u2018Sufficient Resources\u2019 in Place as China Simulates Striking Taiwan\">simulated joint precision strikes<\/a> on key targets on Taiwan island and the surrounding sea areas, and continue to maintain an offensive posture around the island,\u201d Chinese state TV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-says-it-is-monitoring-chinas-drills-around-taiwan-closely-2023-04-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the State Department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/u-s-relations-with-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official policy<\/a> on Taiwan opposes \u201cany unilateral changes to the status quo from either side,\u201d President Joe Biden in September appeared to make a major shift in U.S. policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-could-invade-taiwan-within-the-next-year-u-s-navy-chief-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming<\/a> his administration would seek to defend Taiwan if \u201cthere was an unprecedented attack.\u201d That comment was later walked back by the White House, and administration officials have since clarified that the United States is not in favor of independence for Taiwan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not support Taiwan independence,\u201d U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-of-state-antony-j-blinkens-press-availability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last month. \u201cWe continue to expect the peaceful resolution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-starker-terms-than-ever-china-threatens-war-over-taiwan\/\" title=\"In Starker Terms Than Ever, China Threatens War Over Taiwan\">cross-strait differences<\/a>. We remain committed to meeting our responsibilities under the Taiwan Relations Act, including making sure that Taiwan has the ability to defend itself,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China accuses the US of endangering Taiwan, stating that the recent $440 million military equipment sale has made it a &#8220;powder keg.&#8221; The US State Department approved the sale, which includes small arms, combat weapons, and 30 mm ammunition. China believes this pushes Taiwan towards disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1965686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1965685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}