2023-10-25 15:36:53
According to the report “UK Defense and the Indo-Pacific Region”, Taiwan was mentioned 40 times in the article, which proves that the British Parliament attaches great importance to the Taiwan Strait issue. The picture shows the U.S. and Japanese navies regularly holding joint military exercises in the Pacific in November 2022. (Taken from US Navy Facebook)
The Defense Committee of the House of Commons of the British Parliament released the report “British Defense and the Indo-Pacific Region” on the 24th, examining the “leaning towards the Indo-Pacific” defense policy promoted by the British government. The report requires the British government to face up to China’s aggressive intentions towards Taiwan and its strategic threats to the international order. The report also requires the British government and armed forces to coordinate with partner countries to develop response plans for a series of possible Chinese actions against Taiwan, and to make regular confidential reports to the Defense Committee of the House of Commons.
my country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Taiwan was mentioned as many as 40 times in this report, citing the remarks of my country’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, and mentioning that China may use force against Taiwan in 2027, which fully proves that the British Parliament attaches great importance to the Taiwan Strait issue.
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The British government released the “Comprehensive Review Report on Foreign, Defense and Security Policy” for the first time in 2021, proposing an “Indo-Pacific Tilt” defense policy line, and proposed an updated version this year; the Defense Committee of the House of Commons of the British Parliament also proposed in 2022 A monitoring plan was launched in January of this year to monitor the effectiveness of policy implementation on a regular basis.
The Defense Committee of the British House of Commons released the “UK Defense and the Indo-Pacific” report on the 24th. In addition to proposing a phased review of the situation, it also supports the British government in positioning China as an “epoch-making institutional challenge.” (epoch-defining and systemic challenge), and requires the government to face up to China’s aggressive intentions towards Taiwan and the long-term strategic threats to the international order.
The report also mentioned the potential cross-strait conflict, which has become the primary concern of Western countries in the Indo-Pacific region in recent years. The article also quoted Wu Zhaoxie’s interview with the British “Guardian” in April this year, saying that China may use force against Taiwan in 2027. , Taiwan has prepared for possible conflict situations.
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The report also pays attention to the possibility of Taiwan suffering from an economic blockade or a gray zone hybrid attack, and emphasizes that Taiwan supplies nearly 92% of the world’s advanced chips, and 48% of the world’s container ships will pass through the Taiwan Strait in the first half of 2022; once a conflict or blockade occurs, it will impact on the global and UK economies. The Defense Committee hereby urges the British government to work with the United States, France and regional allies and partners to develop response plans for possible aggressive actions by China against Taiwan. The report mentions Taiwan as many as 40 times, making it the focus of Indo-Pacific policy.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that after the British government announced the “Integrated Policy Review Update” in March this year, the British Parliament has also successively issued relevant reports, including the “Tilted Horizon” issued by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons in August, continuing to demonstrate its commitment to peace across the Taiwan Strait. and stable attention and support. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that Taiwan will strengthen cooperation with the United Kingdom and global partners with similar ideas to jointly safeguard economic security, democratic resilience, and an international order of peace and prosperity.
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