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Tensions between the United States and China are intensifying over Taiwan’s re-joining to the United Nations.
On the 27th, the Global Times, the English version of China’s state-run Global Times, published an editorial under the heading “If the United States wants to fight at the United Nations, China will strike back.” They are trying to separate.”
Taiwan, which was ousted from the UN by China 50 years ago, has recently spurred a campaign to return to the UN member state. The United States is also joining in, urging the UN member states to return to Taiwan.
“We urge all UN member states to join us in supporting Taiwan’s strong and meaningful participation,” said Secretary Tony Blincoln in a statement on the 26th. It’s one of many UN member states that we’re seeing.”
In response, the Global Times said, “The United States superficially supports ‘one China’, but it advocates the opposite of the Taiwan Relations Act and the 6-section guarantee. The hypocrisy is surprising.” is opening up a new battlefield to attack China.”
The ‘six-item guarantee’ refers to the promises made verbally by former US President Ronald Reagan in terms of support for Taiwan. The Taiwan Relations Act is a US domestic law that mandates that the US government sell arms to Taiwan based on Taiwan’s defense demand.
The Global Times said, “The United States is trying to pressure China by making a long-term negotiating card with the United Nations ‘one China’ and ‘one Taiwan’. This is a new attack on China.” I know that everyone in the world is an idiot.”
He continued, “China will not back down on the Taiwan issue. If the United States wants to fight, China will fight it too, and will teach the United States the lesson of ‘international justice’. “In the end, America will be humiliated,” he said.
On the other hand, China and Taiwan were divided after the Kuomintang (KMT), who had lost the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party (KMT) in 1949, was expelled to Taiwan. However, China still views Taiwan as part of its territory under the ‘one China’ principle, and is opposed to officially recognizing Taiwan as a state.
In the case of the United States, after a meeting with then-US President Richard Nixon and then-Chinese President Mao Zedong in 1972, ties with Taiwan under the principle of ‘one China’ and the mutual defense treaty were abolished in 1979. Since then, they have maintained a de facto quasi-diplomatic relationship.
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