Taiwan‘s National Security Bureau Director Chen Ming-tong said Xi Jinping will demonstrate his ability to deal with sovereignty issues internally in the coming year, increasing the risk of external conflict for Taiwan.
During an appearance before the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Chen reported on “the impact of recent developments in U.S.-China-Taiwan trilateral relations and surrounding waters on Taiwan’s national security. He said that the U.S. and China have entered a “new stage of competition”, adding to the variability of the regional situation. On the issue of sovereignty, the U.S. and China have their own positions on the issue of Taiwan, but also on Hong Kong and Xinjiang and other issues firmly not let, he believes that the risk of external conflict will increase, the National Security Bureau will closely grasp the situation.
Chen Mingtong added, 2021 is the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its centennial, 2022 will be held in the 20th National Congress, Xi Jinping will be able to show “enough to deal with sovereignty issues”, prompting the Chinese Communist Party in the issue of sovereignty, strengthening the risk of regional conflict, is expected to enhance the pressure on Taiwan’s national security to respond to changes in the situation.
He also said that according to past experience, the 20th Communist Party Congress should produce a new leader, but now it seems that Xi Jinping because of the abolition of term limits for the president and vice president, I believe that the Communist Party is still in power after the 20th Congress, and said “policy we have always been very clear”.
On the other hand, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday (1) that it was concerned about reports that the Biden administration would lift restrictions on U.S.-Taiwan relations. In fact, Secretary of State John Blinken said in January that he would review the guidelines for relations with Taiwan under the Taiwan Assurance Act, said spokesman Ou Jiang’an. She said it has been a long-standing goal of the ROC government to strengthen and enhance Taiwan-U.S. relations across the board, and that the improvement in relations between Taiwan and the United States in recent years is evident to all and will continue to steadily deepen the partnership between Taiwan and the United States in all areas.
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