{"id":2257915,"date":"2024-06-02T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-warns-world-there-are-limits-to-beijings-restraint\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T12:55:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T16:55:44","slug":"china-warns-world-there-are-limits-to-beijings-restraint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-warns-world-there-are-limits-to-beijings-restraint\/","title":{"rendered":"China sends a global warning: Beijing&#8217;s restraint has its boundaries"},"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\">20<\/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-warns-world-there-are-limits-to-beijings-restraint%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=2257915&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>China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israels-defense-minister-gives-iran-stark-warning-amid-threat-alert-we-have-added-new-capabilities\/\" title=\"Israel's Defense Minister issues strong warning to Iran following threat alert: 'Our capabilities have been upgraded.\">defense minister issues<\/a> a strong warning to the world, highlighting the limits of Beijing&#8217;s restraint. Tensions rise with \u2064Taiwan following President Lai\u200b Ching-te&#8217;s inauguration. Threats of \u200cforceful action against Taiwan independence prompt \u200cglobal concerns. The speech signifies a notable escalation \u2064in Chinese rhetoric, hinting at potential conflict over territorial claims. The Chinese defense minister sends a stern message about Beijing&#8217;s boundaries, escalating tensions with Taiwan after President Lai Ching-te&#8217;s inauguration. \u200bThreats\u200d of force against Taiwan&#8217;s independence raise international alarm, marking a significant uptick in Chinese rhetoric and hinting at possible conflicts over territorial disputes.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>China Warns World: There Are &#8216;Limits&#8217; to Beijing&#8217;s Restraint<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 2, 2024 at 7:56am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>China\u2019s defense minister delivered a volley of threats Sunday as he warned the world to let China do as it pleases\u2026 or pay a price.<\/p>\n<p>China had stepped up its rhetoric against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-china-launches-war-games-around-taiwan-punishment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwan<\/a> after the inauguration of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te in May.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun took the blustering one step further during remarks at a conference in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army has always been an indestructible and powerful force in defense of the unification of the motherland, and it will act resolutely and forcefully at all times to curb the independence of Taiwan and to ensure that it never succeeds in its attempts,\u201d Dong said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2024\/06\/02\/china-defence-minister-says-beijing-ready-to-forcefully-stop-taiwan-independence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong Free Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever dares to split Taiwan from China will be crushed to pieces and suffer his own destruction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chinas-drills-around-taiwan-take-dangerous-turn-live-weapons-now-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> claims that Taiwan, the island to which China\u2019s government fled in 1949 after losing power to Communist Mao Zedong, is rightfully part of its territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will take resolute actions to curb Taiwan independence and make sure such a plot never succeeds,\u201d Dong said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/01\/china\/dong-jun-china-defense-minister-shangrila-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dong criticized \u201cexternal interfering forces\u201d that sell Taiwan arms and have \u201cillegal official contacts\u201d with Taiwan in what appeared to be a reference to the United States, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inspector-general-fbi-agents-had-sex-with-prostitutes-while-on-overseas-assignment\/\" title=\"Inspector General: FBI Agents Had Sex with Prostitutes While on Overseas Assignment\">unofficial contacts<\/a> with Taiwan and supports it with arms sales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina stays committed to peaceful reunification. However, this prospect is increasingly being eroded by separatists for Taiwan independence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bass-under-fire-for-praise-of-ethiopian-prime-minister\/\" title=\"Bass Under Fire for Praise of Ethiopian Prime Minister\">foreign forces<\/a>,\u201d Dong warned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will there be war over Taiwan?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dong said Taiwan\u2019s government is \u201cpursuing separation in an incremental way. They are bent on erasing their Chinese identity of Taiwan and severing social, historical and cultural links across the Taiwan Strait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s Mainland Affairs Council called the comments \u201cprovocative and irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clwx5xueg00023b6j22jnw074@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cAny\u2026 coercive actions that disregard public opinion run contrary to democracy and human rights, or any resort to war will eventually be counterproductive,\u201d the council said in a statement, per CNN.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Dong also issued threats to anyone pushing back against China\u2019s claims to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dangerous-encounter-erupts-chinese-fighter-western-jet-south-china-sea-countermeasures-deployed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South China Sea<\/a>, which are opposed by multiple nations, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2024-06-02\/china-defence-chief-says-beijing-will-forcefully-stop-taiwan\/103924938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Broadcasting Corp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has maintained sufficient restraint in the face of rights infringements and provocation, but there are limits to this,\u201d Dong said.<\/p>\n<p>National security expert professor Rory Medcalf said Dong\u2019s speech was the \u201cmost pointedly intimidating speech\u201d from a Chinese leader over the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was some very pointed remarks, threatening both Taiwan and the Philippines, and I think a lot of the audience went away with a sense that this was a new level of intimidation,\u201d he said, according to the ABC, calling the comments \u201cparticularly violent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraditionally, China has said the red line for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">military action<\/a> against Taiwan is independence, and observers have always assumed that means that a formal declaration of independence by Taiwan would be the red line,\u201d Medcalf said.\u00a0 \u201cBut what he\u2019s now saying is that there is a kind of incremental salami slicing-approach towards independence by the new Taiwanese leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s defense minister issues a stern warning, emphasizing Beijing&#8217;s limited restraint. The world is urged to respect China&#8217;s actions or face consequences. 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