2 Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan air defence zone ANI | Updated: Apr 16, 2021 20:28 IST Taipei [Taiwan], April 16 (ANI): Two Chinese military planes entered Taiwan s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday afternoon, marking the 12th intrusion this month.
Two People s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Shenyang J-16 fighter jets flew into the southwest corner of Taiwan s ADIZ, according to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND). In response, Taiwan sent planes, broadcast radio warnings, and deployed air defense missile systems to track the PLAAF planes, Taiwan News reported.
Air defence identification zones are early warning systems that help countries detect incursions into their airspace.
The CCP Wants to Attack Taiwan but Military Lacks Real Combat Experience
Commentary
Recently, many conflict hotspots are suddenly heating up around the world. When it comes to international conflict hotspots, there have been essentially no big changes from the end of the last century to the present day.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East has now become the Israeli-Iranian conflict; volatility within Eastern Europe has now manifested as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine; the Balkan Peninsula is the only region that has gotten a little quieter.
Today, the remaining primary hotspots of international conflict are all related to China, namely the Korean Peninsula, the Diaoyu Islands, the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, and China and India, and India’s tension with Pakistan.
From left, former U.S. senator Chris Dodd, is greeted by Brant Christensen director of American Institute in Taiwan, center as Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu at right looks on in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 14. (AP Photo)
TAIPEI Taiwan’s president and an unofficial delegation of former senior U.S. government officials sent by President Joe Biden reaffirmed “rock solid” U.S.-Taiwan ties, amid heightened tensions with China.
The U.S. has expressed a “rock solid support for Taiwan,” President Tsai Ing-wen said Thursday in opening remarks before the two sides met in Taipei, the island’s capital.
“I can see with confidence that the United States’ partnership with Taiwan is stronger than ever,” former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd said. “We share deep economic ties and mutual commitment to democratic values, and critically important security partnership.”
Former US official: Taiwan-US partnership stronger than ever
April 15, 2021 GMT
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) Taiwan’s president and an unofficial delegation of former senior U.S. government officials sent by President Joe Biden reaffirmed “rock solid” U.S.-Taiwan ties, amid heightened tensions with China.
The U.S. has expressed a “rock solid support for Taiwan,” President Tsai Ing-wen said Thursday in opening remarks before the two sides met in Taipei, the island’s capital.
“I can see with confidence that the United States’ partnership with Taiwan is stronger than ever,” former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd said. “We share deep economic ties and mutual commitment to democratic values, and critically important security partnership.”
How to Resolve Threat of the CCP’s One Belt One Road Initiative
Analysis
Seven years have gone by since China started its One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI) in 2014. In 2013 Chinese leader Xi Jinping first introduced this transnational economic belt initiative, then known as the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
The BRI starts in mainland China, moves along the Silk Road, via Central Asia, to Russia and Europe. On the surface, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is developing new economic cooperation with countries and regions by strengthening infrastructure along the route. The real driving force is CCP’s desire to digest its industrial overcapacity and labor in China, and drive the development of the western region to ensure the energy supply for the mainland. There are also geopolitical and security reasons for the CCP’s One Belt area.