Pentagon chief denounces China’s “destabilizing” activity near Taiwan

Secretary of Defense of USA, Lloyd Austindenounced on Saturday the military activity “provocative and destabilizing” of China near Taiwana self-governing island regarded as its own by Beijing.

“We see a growing coercion of beijing. We have witnessed a progressive increase in exercise military provocateur and destabilizing close of Taiwan”, Austin said at the Shangri-la Dialogue, a security forum in Singapore.

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“That includes planes flying close of Taiwan in record numbers in recent months and at almost a daily rate,” said.

The tensions between Washington and beijing on Taiwan have increased in recent months.

beijing considers this island of 24 million inhabitants as one of its provinces, in which the nationalist troops defeated on the mainland by the communist forces of Mao Tse-tung.

In fact, China He often reiterates his goal of retaking the island sooner or later and, if necessary, by force.

In Singapore, defense officials from both countries met for the first time on Friday and clashed over this issue.

“If anyone dares to separate Taiwan of Chinathe Chinese army will not hesitate to start a war, no matter what it takes”Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said, according to a spokesman for his ministry.

Source: Elcomercio

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