“The Australian Financial Times” editorial said that in the event of a war in the Taiwan Strait, Australia may support the United States to help defend Taiwan.
The “Australian Financial Times” today (6) published a front-page headline interview with Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Wu Chiu-sup, and published an editorial entitled “Australia must guard against war in the Taiwan Strait”, pointing out that the Chinese Communist Party will continue to attack Taiwan in the “gray zone of not yet at war”. If war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, Australia may have to support the United States in defending Taiwan in accordance with the U.S.-Australia-New Zealand Defense Pact.
“The Australian FinancialReview today not only reported extensively on Wu’s interview, but also published an editorial on the increasingly tense situation in the Taiwan Strait. The article mentioned that the Australian government has recently made tough statements in response to threats from the Chinese Communist Party. However, when it comes to whether war will break out in the Taiwan Strait, the Financial Times believes that it is unlikely that the Chinese Communist Party will go to full-scale war anytime soon, not to mention that the Chinese military lacks the naval hardware needed to launch an amphibious assault on Taiwan.
The editorial points out that the Chinese Communist Party will only continue to attack within the “grey zone short of war”, taking a kind of action that will push Taiwan to the brink of danger, and will also use various intimidation methods to create a regional hegemonic atmosphere; strategically, Beijing is also trying to force the United States to withdraw from the West. Beijing is also trying to force the United States to withdraw from the Western Pacific and force the countries in the region to submit to the new power of the Chinese Communist Party.
The editorial also mentions that, given the current changes in the Indo-Pacific situation and the rise of the Chinese Communist Party’s economic and military power, the U.S. can no longer remain “strategically ambiguous” on the issue of whether to defend Taiwan as it did in the past, but needs to show “strategic clarity”.
The editorial explains that although Australia pursues a “one-China policy,” the Australian government has said that if the United States resists the Chinese Communist Party and defends Taiwan, Australia will provide support; if war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the Australian government will likely need to fulfill the 1951 “Australia-New Zealand Defense Treaty” (ANZUS Treaty). “If a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the Australian government will probably need to fulfill its obligations under the 1951 ANZUS Treaty to send troops to support the United States.
The editorial analyzes that if Australia goes to war with the Chinese Communist Party, it is likely to bring economic disaster; but if the Chinese Communist Party is allowed to send troops to capture Taiwan, it will also cause a strategic disaster for Australia. Therefore, Australia must be cautious in facing the changes in the situation in the Taiwan Strait.
Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton told the media on April 25 that Australia “should not underestimate” the possibility of a military conflict between the Chinese Communist Party and Taiwan, and that with the growing military threat from the Chinese Communist Party, the Australian military should shift its focus to the neighboring region.
On the same day, Australian Home Affairs Secretary General Michael Pezzullo also issued a statement stressing that the “drums of war” have been sounded and that Australia and its freedom-loving allies need to prepare to fight for freedom.
In addition, Australia’s oldest newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, and Melbourne’s The Age, both reported yesterday (5th) that in April last year, the then Australian Special Forces Commander Major General Adam Findlay also said in a classified briefing that the Chinese Communist Party had been conducting a series of grey-area “political operations” against Australia that were likely to turn into an armed conflict between the two countries.
In an interview with the Australian Financial Times, the editorial noted that Wu’s comments were also a statement by the ROC government in response to the Australian government’s recent statement that “if war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, Australia will support the United States in defending against the Chinese Communist Party. The editorial emphasizes that Taiwan is not only affirming that the United States will support the U.S. in the event of a war in the Taiwan Strait.
The editorial emphasized that Taiwan not only affirms and supports the Australian government’s recent strong statements against the Chinese Communist Party, but Taiwan is also ready to face a possible “final attack” by the Chinese Communist Party. Taiwan calls on Australia to work together to resist the CCP’s “expansionism” that threatens the democratic world.
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Wu Chiu-sup.
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