U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (D-CA).
In recent years, the Chinese Communist Party has been sending military aircraft to invade Taiwan. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on May 4 that it would be a “very serious mistake” for Xi Jinping to order an attack on Taiwan.
Blinken said in a May 4 interview with Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, about Taiwan that the U.S. government has been effectively implementing the U.S. “One China” policy, the three U.S.-China Joint Communiqués and the Six Assurances for many years, and that the U.S. has done a good job of managing its relationship with Taiwan. The United States has also been doing a good job in managing relations with Taiwan.
But he said it is very troubling and very worrisome that Beijing appears to be taking a different approach and behaving more aggressively. Blinken said, “We are committed to making sure that Taiwan has a way to defend itself. That commitment is not going away.”
“At the same time, I think it would be a very serious mistake for anyone to try to forcefully disrupt by force the status quo that currently exists.” He said.
This is the second time Blinken has made such public comments, saying in an April 11 interview on NBC’s political program “Meet the Press” that the U.S. is very concerned about the aggressive actions of the Chinese Communist Party against Taiwan. He also warned that anyone trying to change the status quo in the Western Pacific by force would be making a “grave mistake.
What we’re seeing and what we’re really concerned about is the increasing aggressive actions that Beijing is taking against Taiwan and the heightened tensions in the Taiwan Strait,” Blinken said. Blinken said, “Under the Taiwan Relations Act, we have a serious commitment to Taiwan being able to defend itself, and we have a serious commitment to peaceful security in the Western Pacific. We stand behind those commitments. I can only tell you that anyone who tries to change the status quo by force would be seriously mistaken.”
According to reports, since this year, the Chinese Communist Party has greatly increased the dispatch of reconnaissance aircraft, fighter jets and bombers, frequently intruding on Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone. And recently, Chinese Communist Party military aircraft have been disturbing Taiwan almost every day.
Kurt Campbell, White House coordinator for Indo-Pacific policy, also said on May 4 that it was appropriate to be concerned about the situation in Taiwan, an autonomous democratic island under increasing military pressure from China (the Chinese Communist Party).
But he believes it is in the interest of both countries to believe that both the U.S. and China agree that some degree of status quo in the situation in Taiwan is best.
Campbell said the Biden administration is engaging more directly with the Taipei government and offering help for Taiwan’s defense.
Campbell urged Beijing to maintain the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and not to assume that the government of the Republic of China is moving toward full independence.
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