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China Provokes US Ire with Risky Moves on Taiwan Issue; Defense Minister's Warning Seen as 'Playing with Fire'

China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu said that 'any attempt to control China using Taiwan will fail. Additionally, Li Shangfu asserted that Taiwan's unification with China's mainland was inevitable. Also Read:  Joe Biden on Chinese Economy, as a time bomb due...
01:16 PM Aug 17, 2023 IST | Yashi Jha

China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu said that 'any attempt to control China using Taiwan will fail. Additionally, Li Shangfu asserted that Taiwan's unification with China's mainland was inevitable.

Also Read:  Joe Biden on Chinese Economy, as a time bomb due to the nation’s economic difficulties

William Lai, the vice president of Taiwan, recently traveled to the US. Due to its ire over this, China frequently criticizes the United States in public.

Now China's Defense Ministry has issued a statement threatening America on the Taiwan issue and warned that you are playing with fire regarding Taiwan.

'China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu declared at the Moscow Conference on International Security that "any attempt to control China using Taiwan will fail."

Li Shangfu added that it is impossible to prevent Taiwan from joining mainland China and that this union is inevitable. The Chinese Defense Minister said that Taiwan is China's internal matter and no external interference is tolerated in it.

Putin backed China as well

'Playing with fire' with Taiwan and any attempt to govern China with Taiwan's assistance, according to Li Shangfu, will surely fail. This declaration made by the Chinese Defense Minister in Moscow is being given a lot of weight in the middle of the conflict in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has also defended China and charged the US with fomenting international strife. Putin also claimed that the US had aided Ukraine.

With William Lai's US tour, tension rose

William Lai is Taiwan's vice president and the leading contender for the position of Taiwan's president in the next presidential election. William Lai recently traveled to Paraguay and made a stop in America en route. which raises a few questions in China.

William Lai has allegedly caused trouble frequently, according to China. On the subject of Taiwan, tensions between China and the United States have risen recently.

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