Beijing: China says it has been summoned European diplomat Criticizing the threat of nearby Chinese military exercises in the country to protest statements issued by the Group of Seven and the European Union Taiwan,
The Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Deputy Minister Deng Li made a “serious representation” of what he called “unwanted interference in China’s internal affairs”.
China has sent naval ships and warplanes and missiles to the Taiwan Strait in response to a visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week to Taiwan, which China considers to be annexation of its own territory by force if necessary. Is.
On the Chinese coast across Taiwan, tourists gathered on Friday to try to catch a glimpse of any military aircraft headed to the practice area. Fighter jets can be heard flying overhead and tourists taking pictures, “Let’s get back to Taiwan,” looking out into the blue waters of the Taiwan Strait off Pingtan Island, a popular sightseeing spot.
On Friday morning, China sent military ships and warplanes across the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s defense ministry said, crossing an informal buffer zone between China and Taiwan for decades.
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said five missiles fired by China landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone from Hateruma, an island south of Japan’s main islands. He said Japan opposed the missile landing to China as a “serious threat to Japan’s national security and the safety of the Japanese people”.
Japan’s defense ministry later said it believed the other four missiles fired from Fujian, China’s southeast coast, flew over Taiwan.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday that China’s military exercises aimed at Taiwan represent a “serious problem” that threatens regional peace and security.
In Tokyo, where Pelosi is ending her Asia trip, she said China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan. Speaking after breakfast with Pelosi and his congressional delegation, Kishida said the missile launches “should be stopped immediately”.
Deng said China will “by all means and at any cost prevent the country from being divided with the strongest determination.”
“Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan is a clear political manipulation and a serious and serious violation of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Deng said. “In response to US-Taiwan collusion and provocation, China’s counterattack is only natural.”
China’s foreign ministry said the meeting took place on Thursday night but did not specify which countries participated. Earlier on Thursday, China canceled a meeting of foreign ministers with Japan to protest the G-7’s statement that there was no justification for the exercise.
Both the ministers were attending a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cambodia.
China had earlier summoned US Ambassador Nicholas Burns to protest Pelosi’s visit. The speaker left Taiwan on Wednesday after holding meetings and other public events with President Tsai Ing-wen. He traveled to South Korea and then to Japan. Both countries host US military bases and may be involved in a conflict involving Taiwan.
According to the official Xinhua news agency, the Chinese exercise involves soldiers from the Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, Strategic Support Force and Logistics Support Force.
Believed to be the largest geographically held near Taiwan, Beijing has announced six exercise areas around the island.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Addressing the exercise on Thursday, he said, “I have great hope that Beijing will not create a crisis or make excuses to increase its aggressive military activity. We countries around the world believe that escalation serves no one.” and may have unintended consequences that do not serve anyone’s interests.”
US law requires the government to treat threats, including a blockade, to Taiwan as matters of “grave concern”.
The exercises are scheduled to run from Thursday to Sunday and include missile strikes on targets in the sea to the north and south of the island in an echo of the last major. Chinese military exercises Held in 1995 and 1996 aimed at intimidating Taiwan’s leaders and voters.
Taiwan has put its military on alert and conducted civil defense exercises, but the overall mood remained calm on Friday. Flights have been canceled or diverted to avoid Chinese drills and fishermen remain at the port.
In the northern port of Keelung, 63-year-old Lu Chuan-Hsiong was enjoying a morning swim on Thursday, saying he was not worried.
“Everyone needs money, not pills,” Lu said.
The Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Deputy Minister Deng Li made a “serious representation” of what he called “unwanted interference in China’s internal affairs”.
China has sent naval ships and warplanes and missiles to the Taiwan Strait in response to a visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week to Taiwan, which China considers to be annexation of its own territory by force if necessary. Is.
On the Chinese coast across Taiwan, tourists gathered on Friday to try to catch a glimpse of any military aircraft headed to the practice area. Fighter jets can be heard flying overhead and tourists taking pictures, “Let’s get back to Taiwan,” looking out into the blue waters of the Taiwan Strait off Pingtan Island, a popular sightseeing spot.
On Friday morning, China sent military ships and warplanes across the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s defense ministry said, crossing an informal buffer zone between China and Taiwan for decades.
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said five missiles fired by China landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone from Hateruma, an island south of Japan’s main islands. He said Japan opposed the missile landing to China as a “serious threat to Japan’s national security and the safety of the Japanese people”.
Japan’s defense ministry later said it believed the other four missiles fired from Fujian, China’s southeast coast, flew over Taiwan.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday that China’s military exercises aimed at Taiwan represent a “serious problem” that threatens regional peace and security.
In Tokyo, where Pelosi is ending her Asia trip, she said China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan. Speaking after breakfast with Pelosi and his congressional delegation, Kishida said the missile launches “should be stopped immediately”.
Deng said China will “by all means and at any cost prevent the country from being divided with the strongest determination.”
“Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan is a clear political manipulation and a serious and serious violation of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Deng said. “In response to US-Taiwan collusion and provocation, China’s counterattack is only natural.”
China’s foreign ministry said the meeting took place on Thursday night but did not specify which countries participated. Earlier on Thursday, China canceled a meeting of foreign ministers with Japan to protest the G-7’s statement that there was no justification for the exercise.
Both the ministers were attending a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cambodia.
China had earlier summoned US Ambassador Nicholas Burns to protest Pelosi’s visit. The speaker left Taiwan on Wednesday after holding meetings and other public events with President Tsai Ing-wen. He traveled to South Korea and then to Japan. Both countries host US military bases and may be involved in a conflict involving Taiwan.
According to the official Xinhua news agency, the Chinese exercise involves soldiers from the Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, Strategic Support Force and Logistics Support Force.
Believed to be the largest geographically held near Taiwan, Beijing has announced six exercise areas around the island.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Addressing the exercise on Thursday, he said, “I have great hope that Beijing will not create a crisis or make excuses to increase its aggressive military activity. We countries around the world believe that escalation serves no one.” and may have unintended consequences that do not serve anyone’s interests.”
US law requires the government to treat threats, including a blockade, to Taiwan as matters of “grave concern”.
The exercises are scheduled to run from Thursday to Sunday and include missile strikes on targets in the sea to the north and south of the island in an echo of the last major. Chinese military exercises Held in 1995 and 1996 aimed at intimidating Taiwan’s leaders and voters.
Taiwan has put its military on alert and conducted civil defense exercises, but the overall mood remained calm on Friday. Flights have been canceled or diverted to avoid Chinese drills and fishermen remain at the port.
In the northern port of Keelung, 63-year-old Lu Chuan-Hsiong was enjoying a morning swim on Thursday, saying he was not worried.
“Everyone needs money, not pills,” Lu said.