Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Wu Chiu-shep was interviewed by The Australian Financial Review in a video interview with Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Wu Chiu-she noted in an interview with Australian media on April 4 that the Chinese Communist Party seems to be preparing for a final attack on Taiwan, and that he would not say that war is imminent, but that the government of the Republic of China needs to prepare for a war situation. In addition, Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Chinese Communist Party’s Global Times, mentioned in an article that he does not want war to break out and particularly supports all issues to be resolved through peaceful means. Hu Xijin also said, “Our side also does not fire the first shot.”
In a video interview with The Australian Financial Review at Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry office on April 4, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Wu Chiu-sup was asked, “Is the threat of war imminent?” Wu responded that he had been interviewed by the British media Sky TV in Britain and said that the Chinese Communist Party was trying to isolate Taiwan from the international community, trying to use false messages or hybrid war harassment, and increasing his military threat, and “seems to be preparing to launch a final assault on Taiwan. “
But Wu Chiu-sup clarified, “I would not say that there will be an immediate war between Taiwan and China; the ROC government needs to prepare for a war situation, not just the Ministry of National Defense, but the entire ROC government is preparing for a possible military attack by the Communist Party of China.”
During his visit, Wu pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party is expanding its authoritarianism externally, with increasingly frequent military activities in the East and South China Seas, and even attempts to militarize the islands and reefs in the South China Sea, causing concern and anxiety among neighboring countries. In addition, the Chinese government has tightened its control over people in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, and clamped down on religious freedom and foreign media.
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Wu Chiu-sup was interviewed by The Australian Financial Review at the Taiwan Foreign Ministry office on April 4. (Courtesy of Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Minister Wu stressed that Taiwan is at the forefront of the Communist Party’s authoritarian expansion, and that the Chinese government continues to encroach on Taiwan through military threats, disinformation, hybrid warfare, economic tactics, and obstruction of Taiwan’s international participation. Taiwan hopes that friendly democratic countries with similar philosophies will show their support for Taiwan and concern for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
The PLA’s goal is to “win battles”
In an interview with Taiwan, Guo Yuren, a professor at the Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Regional Studies at National Sun Yat-sen University, believes that Wu’s statement is still subtle. Since Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China, took office, he has made it very clear that the goal of the PLA is to build an army that is “capable of fighting and winning battles,” a goal that is very different from the national security goals of Japan, South Korea or Taiwan, which are to defend themselves.
Guo Yuren: “Xi Jinping’s military building goal is more aggressive (rich in aggression), and from the time he came to power in 2012 to his military reform in 2015, he has adjusted the targeted strategy very strongly. The biggest strategic threat to Taiwan comes from China, and when China has such targeted military or defense reforms, it is a very big threat to Taiwan. Meaning that your opponent is very clearly making war preparations.”
Military commentator Leyi Qi pointed out that in 2019, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, put forward “two systems Taiwan program” in the “40th anniversary of the letter to Taiwan compatriots”, that is, for how to implement if Taiwan is taken down, which is the subtext of how to operate Taiwan legally. The Chinese Communist Party’s intentions are very strong and even lost patience, especially after the problems in Hong Kong, the people of Taiwan have no hope for “one country, two systems”, said Leyi Qi.
The first time I saw the film, I thought it would be a good idea to see it. The sense of urgency for the Chinese Communist Party to violate Taiwan by force is indeed more urgent than it has been for so many years in the past. Why is it so urgent, I personally think it is a significant escalation in Taiwan-US relations, there is a possibility that Taiwan-US relations will become ‘qualitative change’ from ‘quantitative change’, and Beijing is most unwilling to see this.”
Qi Leyi explained that this does not mean that “Taiwan should not be too close to the United States”, on the contrary, regardless of diplomatic and military relations between Taiwan and the United States to further enhance the ability to form a “strategic deterrent” to Beijing, so that Beijing can not act rashly.
Australian Prime Minister said Australia will support the United States and the Indo-Pacific alliance agreement
“When Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was interviewed live by Melbourne’s 3AW radio station, the host quoted Wu’s interview and asked whether Australia would support Taiwan. Morrison responded, “We [Australia] have always honored agreements to support the United States and our allies in the Indo-Pacific region.”
Australia has always been a loyal ally to the United States, and has supported the United States in almost every war the United States has waged, and Australia is a very important position for the United States to maintain its “second strike” in the Indo-Pacific region. However, Guo Yuren will not apply the
The U.S.-Australia relationship will not be applied to the Taiwan Strait, but will focus more on how Australia and Japan can assist the United States in maintaining the smooth and safe flow of important international shipping lanes around Taiwan.
Guo Yuren: “I will not go from their direct involvement in the Taiwan Strait, we have to think forward, the United States, Australia and Japan to maintain the security of the South China Sea, the Bus Strait, the Taiwan Strait and the East China Sea, these international shipping lanes, then Taiwan will be safe, they will turn the waters around the Taiwan Strait into a ‘non-warlike’ environment.”
Hu Xijin said “China does not fire the first shot” Qi Leyi: China is not capable of firing the first shot
Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Chinese party media Global Times, mentioned in an article “on Taiwan, the United States already knows that the mainland has the determination to carry out military struggle” that the military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait is escalating rapidly, the mainland’s other languages, the United States and Taiwan they do not understand, the only thing they can understand is the mainland’s preparations for military struggle.
Hu Xijin said he had been a soldier for 11 years, clear what war means to us ordinary people, Hu Xijin said his claim is that “even if faced with serious provocations, we do not open the first shot.” But you can first use military aircraft around Taiwan, military aircraft across the “strait line” to warn them.
Qi Leyi analysis, Hu Xijin is not referring to the “tactical friction of the first shot”, is a strategic offensive “active attack of the first shot”. “You do not have this condition, dare to talk about the first shot? This does not mean that he does not fire the first shot in order to be in tune with Taiwan’s heart, no! He did not open the first shot is the existence of the reality that there is no ability to open the first shot.”
Qi Leyi further pointed out that Beijing believes that something in the Taiwan Strait the United States will definitely intervene, only the way, strength and how long to intervene. Beijing has a sense of anxiety about the Taiwan issue, but it can’t lay a hand on it, and can only make military preparations to prevent it, in case Taiwan’s relationship with the United States breaks through to a point where he will be very, very difficult to do.
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