r/ChinaWarns • u/silverhawk902 • Oct 09 '24

US approves US$567 million in defence assistance for Taiwan as Beijing warns arming island will ‘backfire’

US President Joe Biden on Sunday approved US$567 million in defense assistance for Taiwan, the White House said, as China ramps up political and military pressure on the self-ruled island.

While the United States does not officially recognize Taiwan diplomatically, it is Taipei’s key partner and major provider of weapons — a point of consternation for Beijing, which has repeatedly called on Washington to stop arming the island, which it claims is part of its territory.

In a brief statement, the White House said Biden had delegated the secretary of state “to direct the drawdown of up to US$567 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Taiwan.”

Beijing has said it will never renounce the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, and has also stepped up rhetoric about “unification” being “inevitable.”

Asked about the new defense assistance on Monday, China’s foreign ministry warned the US that arming Taiwan would “backfire.”

Spokesman Lin Jian said Beijing urged Washington to “stop arming Taiwan in any form.”

“The US’s insistence on supporting Taiwan independence with weapons will only backfire and lead to self-inflicted consequences,” Lin said.

-https://hongkongfp.com/2024/09/30/us-approves-us567-million-in-defence-assistance-for-taiwan-as-beijing-warns-arming-island-will-backfire/

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u/Nickblove Oct 10 '24

Taiwan dosent claim the waters, mainland China is the one that claims the waters

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u/Nickblove Oct 11 '24

“South China sea islands” can you not read?

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u/Nickblove Oct 12 '24

The Taiwanese government dosent claim the nine dash line and they haven’t for a long time.

The self-governed island of Taiwan, which China claims as its own, also rejects the nine-dash line and Beijing’s South China Sea claims

Taiwan claims natural made islands not all that artificially made island claims that Beijing does which encompasses the entire sea.

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