Amid rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait due to the possibility of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the Chinese military sent another message of containment to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
“It is the sacred mission of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force to protect the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland,” said Sun Jinke, a spokesperson for the Chinese Air Force, at a press conference on the morning of the 31st. improved,” he said.
China describes Taiwan as a ‘treasure island of the motherland’.
“The Air Force has a firm will, sufficient conviction and sufficient capacity to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Sun said.
Spokesperson Sun also disclosed that China’s next-generation aerial tanker, the YU-20, has begun full-scale combat training.
The YU-20 is known to have been made by remodeling the large transport aircraft Y-20.
He said, “The YU-20 recently conducted aerial refueling training at sea with the J-16 fighter, raising the level of combat training for aircraft. It has a transport function like the -20 transport plane,” he introduced.
This is the first time China has mentioned the training of the YU-20, but it has been deployed several times during trade demonstrations by sending military aircraft to Taiwan’s air defense identification zone.
Spokesperson Sun’s remarks on that day ranked first in search terms on Chinese portal site Baidu.
Earlier, when asked about Pelosi’s position on Taiwan’s visit to Taiwan, China’s Ministry of Defense spokesman Tan Kefei said at a press conference on the 26th that “China has expressed a firm opposition to it several times.” warned
Spokesperson Tan’s expression, ‘I will not let go while sitting still,’ is known to be similar to the expression used by former Prime Minister Zhou Enlai to warn the US military’s advance north during the Korean War.
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