China, which claims Taiwan as its own, is upset over President Lai Ching Teh’s visit to America.
Taiwan President Lai Ching Te has been warmly welcomed in America’s Hawaii province. He has reached America on a two-day tour.
This visit is also special because it is Lai Ching’s first foreign visit after assuming office. America has always been favoring Taiwan, which displeases China.
Recently America has approved the proposal to sell more arms to Taiwan. In such a situation, China has suffered a double blow.
The US State Department has approved the sale of approximately $385 million to Taiwan for spare parts for F-16 aircraft and radar. At the same time, China has started threatening America regarding these matters.
The Taiwanese president’s stay in Hawaii and visit to Guam has been strongly criticized by China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory.
This self-ruled democratic island is given support and military assistance by the US. China objects to official exchanges between the two sides.
Lai is on a week-long visit to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau, with which Taiwan has formal diplomatic relations. Taiwan has strong ties with dozens of other countries but has only 12 formal diplomatic allies.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said that if the United States wanted to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait, it would have to treat the Taiwan issue as “directly opposing Taiwan’s status as an independent country and supporting the peaceful unification of China.” It is important to handle with care.
Mao said that China opposes any kind of official talks between the US and Taiwan and any visit by Taiwanese leaders to the US for any reason. When her predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, stopped in the US during a visit to Central America last year, China said it was keeping a close watch and would “firmly safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
The Chinese military also began drills around Taiwan last year, a “stern warning” about coordination between “separatists and foreign forces.” This exercise started after the stay of Taiwan’s then Vice President Lai to America.
China strongly objects to such US stops by Taiwanese leaders, as well as visits to the island by prominent US politicians, and blames it on Washington’s refusal to grant diplomatic status to Taiwan after it changed its formal recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. Describes a violation of American commitments.
Seeing the number of its diplomatic partners dwindle due to Chinese pressure, Taiwan has redoubled its efforts to participate in international forums.
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