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The world has been watching the war between Russia and Ukraine in fear for months. While the war, which cost thousands of lives, continues at full speed, the tension in the China-Taiwan conflict has reached its peak. However, the latest news is the kind that will annoy China. Because the step taken by Beijing for intimidation caused the information it kept as a secret to be deciphered. Here are the latest developments from the region where tension is at its peak…
The eyes and ears of the world have been on the news from Ukraine for months. The war in the country continues at full speed.
But there is also the possibility of war thousands of kilometers from Ukraine. World monitors the latest developments in the region on a thorn.
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Taiwan There was a flash development in the crisis that started with his visit.
EXERCISES ARE OVER BUT…
Chinese In a statement made by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), it was announced that the exercises carried out in the waters and airspace around Taiwan have ended.
The statement also said that the situation in the Taiwan Strait will be closely monitored and combat readiness exercises will continue on a regular basis.
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DECORATED THROUGH THE EXERCISES
The editor of Asian Affairs Magazine noted that the exercises around Taiwan were closely monitored by American and Japanese spy satellites.
The news included the information that ‘the longer the exercises continue, the more information the spies can obtain’.
While this news entered the world’s agenda in a short time, China’s announcement that the exercises carried out in the waters and airspace around Taiwan has ended, strengthened the claim.
PELOSI’S VISIT INCREASED BLESSING
Pelosi had recently gone to the island despite all the warnings from China.
After the visit, which lasted less than 24 hours, harsh statements from China and the decision to exercise around the island came.
During her visit to Beijing two years after the Tiananmen events in 1989, Pelosi went to Tiananmen Square and unfurled a black banner with the inscription ‘Memorial of those who died for democracy in China’.
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With the intervention of the Chinese security forces, the banner was closed, and Pelosi and her entourage were removed from the square.
China considers Taiwan as a part of its territory, and while the Chinese government wants to take over the administration of Taiwan under the name of ‘peaceful reunification’, it states that it will not hesitate to use force for this cause.
Taiwan and China separated during the civil war in 1949. However, China still maintains its claim on the island.
The US is walking on a delicate balance in its Taiwan policy. On the one hand, it complies with the “One China” policy, which only recognizes the Chinese government and establishes diplomatic relations with Beijing rather than Taipei.
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On the other hand, it maintains an informal relationship with the island, which includes selling weapons for Taiwan’s self-defense.
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