Her angry reaction China The speech of US Defense Minister Pete Hegshez was sparked during a Singapore meeting with Beijing warning the US that they should not “play with fire” in terms of Taiwan.
US Secretary of Defense Pitt Hegsheth has accused China of “preparing” to “use military violence” to “alter the balance of forces” in the Asia-Pacific region. He emphasized in particular that the Chinese Armed Forces are “trained daily” in the face of a “invasion” of Taiwan.
In a statement released after midnight (local time), the Chinese Foreign Ministry informed that it has submitted “formal protests on the American side“For the minister’s statements, adding that he is condemned” strongly “.
“The US should not be attempted to use the Taiwan issue as a negotiation tool to limit China and should not play with fire,” Chinese diplomacy said in a statement.
Beijing, who has chosen not to send the Minister of Defense to the Sigiri Sagri-La dialogue-is the main security and defense forum in Asia-, reiterated its firm position on which the “Taiwan issue” is nothing more than a “internal affair”.
China considers the autonomous island with an elected government part of its territory and It has never ruled out the possibility of using violence to regain its control.
On the other hand, Mr Hegschez stood in the last of the last of the episodes involving Chinese ships in the southern Chinese sea, accusing Beijing of “taking up and militarizing illegal” islands, islands and reefs claimed by the Philippines.
By invoking historical arguments, Beij and challenges the conclusions of an international arbitral court, in which Chinese claims have no legal basis.
The Chinese Forensic has resisted Pitt Hegsez’s comments that “there was never a problem” in navigation in the maritime area.
China is “committed to defending its national sovereignty and its maritime rights and interests by law,” a foreign ministry spokesman said.
Yet, Beijing accused Washington of transforming the Asian-Pacific area into a “barracks”, tackling the development of weapons and various military media in the southern Chinese sea.
According to Donald Trump’s government minister, the Asia-Pacific region is now characterized as “priority” theater and the US is “reorienting” their strategy in view of “preventing any attack on communist China”.
He pointed out to the strengthening of cooperation with Japan and the Philippines, traditional US allies in the region, and the effort to tighten relations with India. “America is proud to return to the Indo-Pacific and we are here to stay ยปhe runs.
“The threat represented by China is true and can be immediate,” he said, against the backdrop of tensions that do not stop being sharpening after President Trump’s return to the White House in January.