HOT BUTTON: CHINA has warned the US it is “playing with fire” and pledged to “crush” Taiwan if it seeks independence.

Beijing’s sabre rattling comes as its military staged massive drills, widely believed to be simulating assault landings on Taiwan, in a bid to demonstrate its military might.

China regards Taiwan as part of its territory and has long threatened to use force to bring it under its control.

The Chinese warning comes after a US military aircraft landed in Taiwan and the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee called for the island to have its observer status at the World Health Organisation restored.

"Those who play with fire will only burn themselves," Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said.

"China must and will be reunited. No one should underestimate the resolve, the will, and the ability of the Chinese people to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity."

The People’s Liberation Army has conducted a series of drills in the past years focusing on the embattled island.

According to data collected by the South China Morning Post, China has conducted 20 naval exercises in the first half of the year - while another 13 exercises were carried out in 2020.

Footage released from China’s state broadcaster CCTV shows simulations of amphibious landing, two types of drones, and launch rocket systems.

The clip shows a small group of soldiers acting out missions and amphibious assault vehicles firing guns at sea.

Recent months have also seen Chinese warplanes repeatedly fly into Taiwanese airspace in a bid to intimidate the island.

Former Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek and his supporters fled to the island in 1949 following the Chinese Communist Party victory in the country's civil war.

The island of 25 million people has since developed its own democratic identity and party of current President Tsai Ing-wen supports moves towards full independence.

China vowed to invade Taiwan if it seeks independence last month, warning any move toward gaining independence would mean “war”.

Meanwhile, tensions between the UK and China could be set to rise as the Royal Navy’s biggest warship sails through the disputed South China Sea.

China has warned Britain faces punishment for the presence of aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

Beijing claims almost all of the 1.3 million square-mile South China Sea as its territory.

In response, the United States and its allies, including the UK, sail warships through the sea in freedom of navigation operations to challenge its claim.

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Nah wa oo

China don 4get say de whole world is still angry wit dem via Covid19,
No worries mak de shoot 1st nd see de outcome,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
De tink USA de dull in situations lik dis,,,,,,
#US, de only language Chinese terrorists understand very well is ##Pythonese Language##

The western hypocritical nations that have violated international laws and annexed lands that don't belong to them before and after the age of international law are now acting as saints. America agreed that Taiwan and China is one country under the Shanghai Communique that U.S. president Richard Nixon signed with China during his visit to the country in 1972.

China has every right to take Taiwan but i would just advice Xi JinPing to forget this irredentist ambition and move on.

Abi China dey craze ni, why will crush people because they are seeking for freedom

Lewisjohnson:
China don 4get say de whole world is still angry wit dem via Covid19,
No worries mak de shoot 1st nd see de outcome,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
De tink USA de dull in situations lik dis,,,,,,
#US, de only language Chinese terrorists understand very well is ##Pythonese Language##

U.S. won't do nothing if China invades Taiwan the only thing it can do is send Taiwan equipments. Ask yourself this question is U.S. willing to engage a Peer-Nuclear power over a small Island it does not have sovereign right over? The mutual defence treaty between U.S and Taiwan Sino-American Mutual Defence Treaty was terminated by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and the offshoot of the defence pact Taiwan Relations Act has no mutual defence clause. China would incur the wrath of western nations but it can only manifest through economic sanctions.

But Japan is what i don't know cause Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands chain are closer to Taiwan than the Japanese mainland and much of Japan's export and import passes through the strait. Japan believes a Taiwan controlled by China would affect the free flow of commodities that pass through the Taiwan strait so Japan has a keen interest in the future of the country and has signaled it has an obligation to help the country should China invade.

Preach peace

Abeg make Una fight first,who wins can make mouth later!

dermmy:


U.S. won't do nothing if China invades Taiwan the only thing it can do is send Taiwan equipments. Ask yourself this question is U.S. willing to engage a Peer-Nuclear power over a small Island that it does not have sovereign right over? The mutual defence treaty between U.S and Taiwan Sino-American Mutual Defence Treaty was terminated by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and the offshoot of the defence pact Taiwan Relations Act has no mutual defence clause.

But Japan is what i don't know cause Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands chain are closer to Taiwan than the Japanese mainland and much of Japan's export and import passes through the strait. Japan believes a Taiwan controlled by China would affect the free flow of commodities that pass through the Taiwan strait so Japan has a keen interest in the future of the country and has signaled it has an obligation to help the country should China invade.

China know fully well that an attack on Taiwan will spell doom on her and cause a long term reputational damage.

The American might just be looking for ways to provoke china into firing shot first so that would justify American retaliation. our prediction at times may be proven bogus when the real scenario is played out.

Whatever points raised here are hypothetical be it in favour or either china or U.S or the otherwise.

Let them stop disturbing our peace with all these attention they are seeking. What's there to fire the first shot and let the game begin

dermmy:
The western hypocritical nations that have violated international laws and annexed lands that don't belong to them before and after the age of international law are now acting as saints. China has every right to take Taiwan but i would just advice Xi JinPing to forget this irrendtist[/b]ambition and move on.

@Bolded He should also do away with his[b]Rivisionist policies... American made china what it is today.

michresakidjo:


China know fully well that an attack on Taiwan will spell doom on her and cause a long term reputational damage.

The American might just be looking for ways to provoke china into firing shot first so that would justify American retaliation. our prediction at times may be proven bogus when the real scenario is played out.

Whatever points raised here are hypothetical be it in favour or either china or U.S or the otherwise.

Oh yes..That reputational damage is what is still holding China back. And at this point i believe China does not care. China has offered the one-country two systems but Taiwan has refused it. A formal move towards independence is what China won't accept. China has signaled that.

You believe U.S. would go to war against China over Taiwan? When Taiwan sealed a mutual defence treaty with U.S in 1954 America gave the island conditions. Kinmen and Matsu Islands were not part of the defence provision so China was able to shell them at will during the 2nd Taiwan strait crisis, America told Chiang Kai Shek it won't come to Taiwan defence if it was Taiwan that attacked China first. There was a time Chian Kai-Shek was urging America to help him take China back but U.S. refused all because it was avoiding a military entanglement with China. Not that U.S feared China but it believed a war with China over Taiwan does not worth it and China was not even a military power then.

Taiwanese leaders are not even sure if U.S. would come to their rescue because U.S. operates what experts call Strategic Ambiguity over the China-Taiwan issue. And I believe China is not ready to invade now all these military drills and threat are attempt to coerce Taiwan into accepting the one-country two systems.

HOT BUTTON: CHINA has warned the US it is “playing with fire” and pledged to “crush” Taiwan if it seeks independence.

China always tackles America

Let them start na

It's seems like China is overfed and looking for how to burn off calories. USA is not Britain, on sea and air even land, you can't stand them.

The Chinese are greedy fools that can never win that war, I don't like the USA or the UK but I won't support China against Taiwan because the Chinese are criminals just like the USA and the UK.

Taiwan is a democratic country and not a part of China, if China invades Taiwan they would be digging their own grave

I dey laugh China because when the thing set, there go know say water pass garri.

When Trumpnwas in office , dem no de talk ooo....now its sleepy weak Joe...what do u expect

We don't pray for war, we want peace to reign in the world, we love UK but China and Russia are invincible as of now

I just pity china

Thanks for identifying yourself as Chinese mouthpiece on this forum.

Honestly, I think US and UK have been playing with fire lately. They are really underrating China and Russia. One day, their eye go clear.

But China should shut up. Why threaten to destroy people for wanting to be free?

WW3? Drums of war everywhere.

Hehe

China sef
USA go jst dey laugh

wow

Buhari should look for China's trouble biko I want to see something

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