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It is reported that Trump made explosive remarks on Taiwan, and the CCP strongly rebounded
Reporter : Cheng Jing / Editor : Zhang Xianyi / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/24/5/30/n14260903.htm / Image : On 15 January 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa, former President Donald Trump spoke at a caucus night rally. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Former US President Donald Trump said at a fundraising event that if the CCP invaded Taiwan, he would bomb Beijing. This explosive statement has caused a strong rebound in the CCP.
Trump warns China of invasion of Taiwan, China jumps
According to a report by The Washington Post on Tuesday (28 May 2024), Trump said in a speech during a national fundraising tour that he would bomb Moscow and Beijing if Russia invaded Ukraine or China invaded Taiwan.
These comments surprised some donors at the event.
On Thursday, Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, was asked about reports of Trump's remarks at a regular press conference and responded: "If the report is true, the above remarks are very crazy." He also said that there are "three don't believe", namely "don't believe there are tasks that cannot be completed, don't believe there are difficulties that cannot be overcome, and don't believe there are enemies that cannot be defeated."
However, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese military has been questioned, from the backwardness of equipment and technology to the widespread corruption in the military. Recently, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, has purged the military, and a group of senior generals have fallen. Some generals have revealed the message of "no confidence in winning", and the morale of the army is scattered, so that Xi urgently replaced generals.
Many analysts believe that if the Chinese Communist military has combat effectiveness, it would have attacked Taiwan long ago, and would not have waited until now to talk about it.
During his presidency from 2017 to 2020, Trump strongly supported Taiwan, including through arms sales - a policy that has been maintained under President Joe Biden. After Trump won the 2016 election, he also spoke with then-Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. In December 2020, he signed the Taiwan Assurance Act, calling for the normalization of arms sales to Taiwan and supporting Taiwan's meaningful participation in international organizations.
Currently, Trump is the Republican candidate for the 2024 US election. Reuters reported that former US Ambassador James Gilmore visited Taipei in early May and gave a speech at the Taiwan think tank Asia Pacific Resilience and Innovation Center, saying, "I believe Trump will support Taiwan after he takes office as president."
The former Trump-appointed ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said that Trump does not advocate independence, he is just trying to get allies to pay more attention to their own defense.
Trump's US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has repeatedly voiced support for Taiwan, saying that regardless of the outcome of the US election, Taiwan should have confidence in the United States, and if the CCP invades Taiwan, the United States will definitely intervene (We will be there).
The United States supports Taiwan and requires all parties to "maintain the status quo"
Previously, Taiwan's new president Lai Ching-te took office on 20 May 2024, saying that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are "not subordinate to each other" and called for maintaining the status quo. The Chinese Communist Party launched a large-scale military exercise around Taiwan and threatened to "punish Taiwan independence."
"Maintaining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait" has always been the demand of the United States and other Western countries. In the past week, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate formed bipartisan delegations to visit Taiwan and met with Lai Ching-te and others, expressing closer cooperation between the United States and Taiwan and warning "not to question the determination of the United States to maintain the status quo."
The Chinese Communist Party was angry about this, emphasizing that Taiwan is Chinese territory and calling on the United States to abide by its commitments. Chinese Communist Party officials cited UN Resolution 2758 to maintain Beijing's "one China principle."
On Tuesday (28 May 2024), the United States stated that UN Resolution 2758, adopted in 1971, does not support the Chinese Communist Party's sovereignty claim over Taiwan. The resolution replaced the Republic of China (Taiwan's official name) with the People's Republic of China as a permanent member of the Security Council but the resolution did not mention Taiwan's sovereignty.
When asked if the resolution recognized China's sovereignty claim over Taiwan, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told VOA on Tuesday: "No, it does not."
"Beijing mistakenly conflated the resolution with China's 'one China' principle and falsely claimed that the resolution reflects the international community's consensus on its 'one China' principle," said Mark Lambert, the U.S. State Department's coordinator for China affairs, at a recent event.
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