China will impose a no-fly zone in northern Taiwan on April 16, coinciding with “space activities,” the Taipei Ministry of Transportation said. “China has unilaterally created a no-fly zone in an area where many international routes converge to restrict flights based on ‘space activities,'” Taiwan’s ministry said, adding that the closure will last 27 minutes, from 9:30 to 9:57 (from 27 03:30 to 03:57 Italian), on Sunday April 16.
And meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on his armed forces to “intensify training towards real combat.” Xi, quoted by CCTV, was speaking during a naval inspection after the three-day exercise
Aviation around the island of Taiwan. Beijing’s maneuvers with simulated precision attacks have been strongly condemned by the island’s government. China “appears to be trying to be ready to unleash a war against Taiwan,” Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said, after which the island “needs to prepare.”
US intelligence understands that Xi Jinping has ordered the military to be ready for the invasion by 2027. Wu replies, “Chinese leaders will think twice before deciding to use force against Taiwan,” but Taiwan simply has to be prepared.” Beijing launched its threats of air-naval maneuvers around Taiwan after a visit by President Tsai Ing- whom in the United States where they met
several MPs. Asked by CNN whether the visit cost Taipei too much, Minister Wu replied, “China cannot dictate how Taiwan finds its friends. And China cannot dictate how our friends want to help Taiwan.”
And President Tsai herself defended her foreign trip to Central America (Guatemala and Belize), marked by a double transit through the US (including the one in Los Angeles, where she met Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy), because she gave the world the demonstrated the island’s resolve in defending freedom and democracy, even as China responded with three-day maxi-military maneuvers in retaliation
around Taipei. “Through this trip, we have once again sent a message to the international community that Taiwan is determined
Protecting freedom and democracy, which has won the recognition and support of our democratic partners,” Tsai commented as she met a delegation of 10 Canadian lawmakers in Taipei.
Despite Monday’s announcement that the maneuvers were over, Beijing continued military activity around Taiwan. In fact, the island’s Defense Ministry reported this morning that it had tracked down 35 military aircraft and eight People’s Army warships in the past 24 hours.
Chinese liberation. A total of 14 jets, including 5 Su-30s, passed the center line of the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan, Tsai: “Irresponsible behavior from China”
French President Emanuel Macron said during his recent visit to Beijing and his meeting with Xi that “the paradox would be if, overcome by panic, we thought we were just supporters of America”. The question Europeans must answer is: Is it in our interest to hasten a crisis on Taiwan? No. The worst thing would be to think that we Europeans will become followers of this argument and have to be guided by the US agenda and a reaction excessively Chinese”. the French government means,” adding that the government in Paris had “shown support for Taiwan.”
“Taiwan needs France,” underscored Taipei’s representative in Paris today, Chihchung Wu, after Emmanuel Macron’s controversial remarks, which irritated numerous analysts and political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic, particularly in Germany and the United States. “All these reactions show how much France’s voice counts for stability and peace in the region,” he said
Taipei added, “We hope France can play an even more positive role and get more involved.”
Chihchung Wu clarified that this does not necessarily mean military support. “We are not naive, we are not here to hope that France will send the army to Taiwan, that France will die for Taiwan.” But there are “many ways” to express his support – he continued – and led that Example of the war in Ukraine, where France sends Caesar cannons.” One of the causes of the war in Ukraine is that nobody
believes in war.” “In Taiwan, everyone believes in war, so there will be no war,” Chihchung Wu said.
China, for its part, has signaled it will keep up the pressure on Taiwan after three days of large-scale maneuvers that ended on Monday, pledging not to leave room for “separatist activities,” stressing that tensions are bound to remain become. “We will leave no room for separatist activities in Taiwan,” said Zhu Fenglian, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Bureau, which heads Taiwan
Central government, at the first briefing after the maneuvers.
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