Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Figure: CCTV (file photo)
The US congressional delegations have visited Taiwan one after another. The CCP has continuously conducted military exercises around Taiwan. The stalemate of strong confrontation between the two sides is forming. The US and China are in the midst of new tensions in the Taiwan Strait. In April this year, they visited Taiwan and represented US President Biden. Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, who conveyed his specific attitude towards Taiwan support, said that the responsibility for several Taiwan Strait crises rests with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, and he has committed one more crime when dealing with the Taiwan Strait issue. Series error.
The “Radio Free Asia” report mentioned that in April this year, Biden’s unofficial delegation visited Taiwan. Armitage, one of the members, said that the United States wanted to pass on specific information from Biden’s support for Taiwan. The support from the successive visits of US congressmen to Taiwan has symbolic and substantial support for Taiwan. In terms of substance, if the Biden administration can provide equipment of similar nature, including high mobility, air defense, and naval mines, it will be more substantial. The people of Taiwan are proving that US support for Taiwan is serious.
The United States has recently signed an agreement with Taiwan to help upgrade the Patriot surface-to-air missile system, and the United States is also looking for ways to assist Taiwan’s air defense capabilities to deter China’s ability to blackmail threats or attack Taiwan. Armitage believes that China’s response to neighboring countries has many strategies, but there is only one strategy in the script: “Military bullying of other countries.”
Armitage pointed out that the CCP’s release of the “Taiwan Issue and China’s Unification Cause in the New Era” white paper against Taiwan is just “psychological warfare.” In contrast, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has always emphasized that maintaining Taiwan’s existing way of life and democratic system is “to demonstrate a high degree of self made”. The Biden administration must respond or it will criticize American politics for being soft on China.
Armitage criticized Xi Jinping for making mistakes on many issues, including dealing with the Taiwan issue, miscalculating the U.S. strategy and its intention to support Taiwan, misjudging the Ukrainian-Russian war on the side of the aggressor Russia, and the zero policy All kinds of negative effects, such as economic losses, must be borne by oneself, and the disasters brought about by the high temperature climate are all troubles and difficulties for Xi Jinping on the road to re-election.