White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Sept. 9 that the U.S. is concerned about the potential destabilization of the Taiwan Strait due to rising coercive actions by the Chinese Communist Party against Taiwan, which are intended to weaken Taiwan’s democracy, and has clearly expressed concern and is closely monitoring the situation.
Asked at a regular White House press conference about her views on the CCP’s military exercises around Taiwan and whether she was concerned that the CCP would invade Taiwan, Saki said the U.S. has expressed concern about the CCP’s aggressive behavior toward Taiwan on both public and private occasions, Taiwan Central News Agency reported.
She said the Chinese Communist Party is taking increasingly coercive actions to weaken Taiwan’s democracy, and the increased level of Chinese military activity in the Taiwan Strait is worrisome and is being closely monitored by the U.S. government as it believes it could be destabilizing.
For her part, Sharkey said she could not make predictions about whether the Chinese Communist Party would invade Taiwan, and that the U.S. Department of Defense, along with other units, is the primary agency responsible for making such assessments.
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have escalated in recent weeks, with the Liaoning battle group of the Chinese naval carrier heading south into the Pacific Ocean between Okinawa’s main island and Miyako Island on the 3rd, conducting “regular exercises” near Taiwan. At the same time, Chinese military aircraft have also been frequently disturbing Taiwan recently, including 15 sorties on the 7th, which intruded into Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
In response to the CCP’s aggressive actions, State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a media briefing on July 7 that the U.S. is aware of and highly concerned about the CCP’s continued coercive behavior in the region, including actions against Taiwan.
He also said that under U.S. policy as reflected in the Taiwan Relations Act, “the United States will retain the ability to resist any force or other coercive action that could endanger the security, social or economic systems of the people of Taiwan.
Price also said the U.S. will continue to work with allied partners to support each other’s shared prosperity, security and values in the Indo-Pacific region, including peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy is increasing its deployment in the region, following the USS Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entering the South China Sea for routine operations on the 4th, and the USS Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group) entering the South China Sea from the Indian Ocean via the The USS Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group also entered the South China Sea from the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Malacca during the night of the 7th to the early morning of the 8th. In addition, the destroyer USS John McCain also passed through the Taiwan Strait on the 7th.
Analysts believe that the U.S. Navy’s presence in the South China Sea and the broader Indo-Pacific region is a clear signal from the U.S. government to the Chinese Communist Party that the U.S. is committed to maintaining a military presence in the region to counter the Chinese Communist Party by ensuring its commitment to its allies in the region. And, U.S. military activities in the Indo-Pacific region have not changed significantly from the Trump (Trump) era.
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