Taipei: Taiwan’s President on Saturday urged China to curb “military adventurism”, with tensions between the two sides at the highest level for years.
Beijing has increased military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan because Tsai Ing-Wen came to power in 2016, when he rejected the attitude that the island was the Chinese area.
The Chinese fighter has made a high number of attacks historically to the Taiwan Air Defense Zone in recent months.
Authorities in Beijing “must stop the spread of military adventures in their ranks,”, Tsai said in his new year’s speech.
“The use of military facilities is not an option at all to resolve the difference between our two sides.” Beijing considers Taiwan part of his area, and has vowed to use it one day, forcefully if necessary.
President XI Jinping at the address of his new year stated that “reuniting our descriptes are aspirations owned by people” in China and Taiwan.
The Taiwanese defense ministry warned in October that military tensions with China were at the highest in four decades after recording the number of Chinese jets entering the air defense zone.
Beijing has also increased efforts in recent years to isolate Taiwan at the international stage.
This considers the formal declaration of Taiwan’s “independent” as a provocation and has repeatedly threatened the consequences for countries that support Taipei in the determination.
Beijing has encouraged Taiwan who suspended diplomatic allies to switch sides.
Recently, Nicaragua recognized Beijing for Taipei, and China opened his embassy in Central American country on Friday.