Posted on 09/10/2020 11:52:51 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
The latest moves come a day after multiple Chinese Su-30 and J-10 fighters entered Taiwan's "response zone".
The spokesman said Taiwan's armed forces are able to respond quickly and appropriately to such movements and called on islanders not to be alarmed.
Taiwan's Liberty Times newspaper said the country issued 24 verbal warnings over the radio for the Chinese aircraft to leave.
Taiwan has repeatedly complained that China, which has not ruled out the use of force to bring the democratic island under its control, has stepped up military threats in recent months as the world tackles the coronavirus pandemic.
Beijing routinely says such exercises are not unusual and are designed to show its determination to defend its sovereignty.
Taiwan is carrying out live fire weapons tests off its southeast and eastern coast.
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I agree, and I am aware of the history between the Mainland and Taiwan. At the same time, President Trump is very strategic. It may be time for us to scrap the “One-China” policy, and it would be better to do so before the CCP gets stronger militarily.
We must remember that the whole engagement policy with the CCP over the past 50 years was predicated on the idea that ‘opening China’ would lead to the freedom of the Chinese people. That has not happened so that policy has clearly failed.
It is time to try a different approach.
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