{"id":747777,"date":"2021-09-13T12:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=747777"},"modified":"2021-09-13T12:35:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:35:53","slug":"chinese-state-media-threaten-military-measures-over-us-recognition-of-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-state-media-threaten-military-measures-over-us-recognition-of-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese State Media Threaten \u2018Military Measures\u2019 Over US Recognition of Taiwan"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fchinese-state-media-threaten-military-measures-over-us-recognition-of-taiwan%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=747777&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--><div readability=\"31.672413793103\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">CCP mouthpiece: China must \u2018strike back,\u2019 prepare for war<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/China-736x490-1.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/China-scaled-e1631546985605.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/China-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/China-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/China-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/China-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/China-2048x1363.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/China-1400x932.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tTOPSHOT &#8211; China&#8217;s sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning (R), arrives in Hong Kong waters on July 7, 2017, less than a week after a high-profile visit by president Xi Jinping.<br \/>\nChina&#8217;s national defence ministry had said the Liaoning, named after a northeastern Chinese province, was part of a flotilla on a &#8220;routine training mission&#8221; and would make a port of call in the former British colony. \/ AFP PHOTO \/ Anthony WALLACE        (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP via Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/jack-beyrer\/\" title=\"Posts by Jack Beyrer\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Jack Beyrer<\/a> \u2022 September 13, 2021 12:30 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"71.512699713232\">\n<p><span>Chinese state media threatened military action in the Taiwan Strait in response to reports that top U.S. officials are considering changing the name of the Taiwanese representative office in Washington, D.C., to include the name &#8220;Taiwan&#8221; rather than &#8220;Taipei.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i><span>, a mouthpiece for hawkish elements of the Chinese Communist Party, in a Sunday editorial assured swift retaliation against the United States through military and economic punishment if the country goes through with the name change. The newspaper also questioned American resolve in the wake of the Biden administration\u2019s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;<\/span><span>If the [United States] and the Taiwan island change the names, they are suspected of touching the red line of China&#8217;s Anti-Secession Law, and the Chinese mainland will have to take severe economic and military measures to combat the arrogance of the [United States] and the island of Taiwan,&#8221; the editorial <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202109\/1234046.shtml\"><span>reads<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><span>&nbsp;&#8220;<\/span><span>We must take resolute actions to protect the bottom line of this exact national interest at any cost. If the Democratic Progress Party authority really dares to take the risk of triggering a war to push for a name change, and the [United States], which just suffered a debacle in Afghanistan, is not afraid of being involved in a new war, then what is there for the mainland to be scared of?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Such aggressive language comes on the heels of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/07810ece-b35b-47e7-a6d2-c876b7b40444\"><span>report<\/span><\/a><span> from the <\/span><i><span>Financial Times <\/span><\/i><span>that <\/span>senior Biden administration officials seek to rename the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to the Taiwan Representative Office. The move is reportedly backed by President Joe Biden&#8217;s Asia policy czar Kurt Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>China opposes the move, claiming Taiwan is part of its sovereign territory. The <em>Global Times<\/em> cited the example of Lithuania, which allowed Taiwan to open a &#8220;Taiwanese Representative Office&#8221; in the country in July. China retaliated against the Baltic country by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-08-10\/china-recalls-lithuania-ambassador-in-warning-on-taiwan-ties\">recalling<\/a> its ambassador from Lithuania and slapping on a wide array of economic sanctions.<\/p>\n<p><span>Military standoffs around Taiwan have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1qbfYF0VgDBJoFZN5elpZwNTiKZ4nvCUcs5a7oYwm52g\/edit#gid=2013422282\"><span>spiked<\/span><\/a><span> in frequency this year. Beijing <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/china-holds-military-drills-near-taiwan-as-biden-struggles-with-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\">dispatched<\/a> a fleet of advanced warships and fighter jets off the coast of Taiwan in August.<\/span><span> Aggressive Chinese flights over Taiwanese airspace have forced record <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/taiwan-air-force-budget-reveals-cost-of-china-military-flights-2021-9\"><span>expenditures<\/span><\/a><span> from Taiwan in air defense investments. American public support for defending Taiwan has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/poll-american-support-for-taiwan-at-historic-high\/\"><span>reached<\/span><\/a><span> a historic high amid the surge in tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security CCP mouthpiece: China must \u2018strike back,\u2019 prepare for war  TOPSHOT &#8211; China&#8217;s sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning (R), arrives in Hong Kong waters on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747777","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}