Tensions Rise, Taiwan Leader Urges China to Restrain Lust

TAIPEI – President Taiwan urge China to contain his “military adventure” appetite, with tensions between the two sides at their highest level in years.

In his New Year’s speech, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said the authorities in Beijing should stop the spread of military adventure within its ranks.

“The use of military means is by no means an option to resolve the differences between our two sides,” he said as quoted from Straits Times, Saturday (1/1/2022).

Beijing has stepped up military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016, when she rejected the assertion that the island was Chinese territory.

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Chinese warplanes have carried out historically large numbers of attacks on Taiwan’s air defense zones in recent months.

Beijing regards Taiwan as part of its territory, and has vowed to seize it one day, if necessary by force.

“The reunification of our homeland is an aspiration shared by the people of both China and Taiwan,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his New Year’s address.

Taiwan’s defense ministry warned in October that military tensions with China were at their highest level in four decades after the number of Chinese jets entering its air defense zone hit a record.

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