“For example, China’s recovery of Taiwan from the Japanese aggression 80 years ago forms an important part of the post-war international order, yet the leader of Japan recently implied the possibility of armed intervention in the Taiwan Strait, citing the excuse of a ‘survival-threatening situation’,” Sun said at a forum on Wednesday.
New collision of Chinese-Philippine ships in South China Sea
New collision of Chinese-Philippine ships in South China Sea
“This is an open challenge to the post-war international order, and a retrogressive move doomed to fail,” he told Chinese officials, scholars and foreign diplomats at the South China Sea symposium.
Beijing sees Taiwan as part of China to be reunited by force if necessary. Most countries, including the United States and Japan, do not recognise Taiwan as an independent state, but Washington is opposed to any attempt to take the self-governed island by force and is committed to supplying it with weapons.
