{"id":2251226,"date":"2024-05-23T12:41:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-taiwan-government-condemns-chinese-war-games\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T12:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:42:17","slug":"new-taiwan-government-condemns-chinese-war-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-taiwan-government-condemns-chinese-war-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Taiwan government criticizes Chinese military exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fnew-taiwan-government-condemns-chinese-war-games%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=2251226&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--><p>Taiwan condemns China&#8217;s military actions near the island, viewed as punishment \u200cfor separatist activities. Deputy Foreign Minister Tien \u200bChung-kwang criticized the exercises, emphasizing the importance of maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan aims \u2062to safeguard the status\u200d quo\u2064 and emphasizes its commitment to democracy, human rights, and defense capabilities amidst China&#8217;s \u2062unification efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>TAIPEI, Taiwan \u2014<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Taiwan<\/a> has condemned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>China<\/a> for embarking on two days of war games around the self-governing island in what the Chinese Communist Party is calling \u201cpunishment\u201d for \u201cseparatist acts\u201d days after Taiwan inaugurated a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-mistake-that-will-haunt-us-for-decades-mccarthy-calls-for-biden-admin-to-be-investigated-amid-afghanistan-collapse\/\" title=\"A \u2018Mistake That Will Haunt Us For Decades\u2019: McCarthy Calls For Biden Admin To Be Investigated Amid Afghanistan Collapse\">democratically-elected president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Tien Chung-kwang denounced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-laughs-when-asked-about-north-korea-missile-launch\/\" title=\"Biden laughs when asked about North Korea missile launch\">joint military exercises<\/a>, which started early Thursday local time and include China surrounding Taiwan with its army, navy, air force, and rocket force, as the CCP flexing \u201ctheir muscles to the new government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow to keep the safety and peace, security, in the Taiwan Strait is becoming a very important issue,\u201d Tien told reporters Thursday during a briefing attended by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cThat kind of action, it violates, actually it disturbs the security and prosperity in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaiwan, we are determined to keep the status quo,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are not provocative. \u2026 Keep the free and open Indo-Pacific, that is our main goal over there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tien, who became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">deputy foreign minister<\/a> this week as a member of President Lai Ching-te\u2019s administration, added China is \u201ctrying to destroy the status quo\u201d and its actions are \u201cnot reasonable.\u201d The Lai administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/foreign-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>foreign policy<\/a> is that Taiwan will not declare its independence from China because it is already a sovereign country, a position China does not accept. China seeks to unify the island with the mainland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always keep alert,\u201d Tien said of Taiwan\u2019s broader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>defense strategy<\/a>. \u201cWe are building our self-defense capability unit. And we are trying to make the whole wide world understand where we stand. We develop our democracy. We develop our human rights. We develop our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The anticipated drills, the third-largest set since Speaker Emerita <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) traveled to Taiwan in 2022, present Lai\u2019s first cross-strait test. Under the name \u201cJoint Sword-2024A,\u201d the \u201cA\u201d indicating more to come, the drills included China\u00a0crossing the Taiwan Strait\u2019s median line and conducting mock attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is also a strong punishment for the separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces and a stern warning against the interference and provocation by external forces,\u201d the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army said.<\/p>\n<p>During a separate briefing at Taiwan\u2019s top military think tank, the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, fellows described China\u2019s war games as another round of propaganda and physical warfare, underscoring how they are taking place on the island\u2019s east coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there\u2019s action, this will be the reaction between China and Taiwan,\u201d associate research fellow Tzu-Chieh Hung told reporters. \u201cBut I have to say, if you look back to China\u2019s PLA\u2019s military strategy, you will find out, in this strategy, they are going to push forward to the Western Pacific no matter what. In that point, those reactions were not a reaction, it\u2019s actually an excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his inaugural address on Monday, Lai, who succeeded former President Tsai Ing-wen from his own Democratic Progressive Party, implored China to \u201ccease their political and military intimidation against Taiwan.\u201d The DPP is perceived as being more pro-U.S., with the conservative party, the Kuomintang, being more pro-China.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that China will face the reality of the Republic of China\u2019s existence, respect the choices of the people of Taiwan, and in good faith, choose dialogue over confrontation, exchange over containment, and under the principles of parity and dignity, engage in cooperation with the legal government chosen by Taiwan\u2019s people,\u201d Lai told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we pursue the ideal of peace, we must not harbor any delusions,\u201d he said. \u201cSo long as China refuses to renounce the use of force against Taiwan, all of us in Taiwan ought to understand that, even if we accept the entirety of China\u2019s position and give up our sovereignty, China\u2019s ambition to annex Taiwan will not simply disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan denounced China for conducting two days of war games near the island, labeled as &#8220;punishment&#8221; for &#8220;separatist acts.&#8221; The military exercises followed Taiwan&#8217;s new president&#8217;s inauguration, drawing criticism from Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Tien Chung-kwang<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2251227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24144323734384-1024x702.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24144323734384-1024x702.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251226","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}