BEIJING; China’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) sent out a stern warning on Thursday to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in the island of Taiwan saying that “we will come and get you, sooner or later.”
In response to Taiwan’s Exercise Han Kuang 41, which would considerably increase the duration of its live-fire phase and mobilize as many as 3,000 reserve troops as prodded by the US, Wu Qian, spokesperson of the MND, told at a press conference on Thursday that the DPP authorities have an illusion of “soliciting US support for independence” and “resisting unification by force.”
The Taiwan question is China’s internal affair, which brooks no external interference, Wu said. “The US wants to contain China with Taiwan and connives at risky and provocative activities of the DPP authorities for ‘Taiwan independence.’ This strategy will ultimately backfire.”
“It is a serious miscalculation of the situation, the public opinion and the comparison of strength. Overreaching itself in such a way is extremely dangerous. We warn the DPP authorities that holding back the tide with a broom will only end up in self-destruction. We will come and get you, sooner or later,” Wu said.
While the DPP authorities still holding such illusion of relying on the US in resisting unification by force, US President Donald Trump refused to comment on Wednesday when asked by a reporter on whether “the US would allow China to take control of Taiwan by force.” Instead, he responded by expressing his desire for Chinese investment in the US, Reuters reported.
“I never comment on that,” Trump said at the White House. “I don’t want to ever put myself in that position,” Trump said when asked about Taiwan.
“We want them to come in and invest. I see so many things saying that we don’t want China in this country. That’s not right. We want them to invest in the US. That’s good. There’s a lot of money coming in and we’ll invest in China. We’ll do things with China. The relationship we’ll have with China would be a very good one,” Trump said.
For Trump, the immediate priority is to offload the burdens that drag down the internal systems of the US, and external responsibilities and expenses clearly do not align with Trump’s policy tendencies, Li Haidong, a professor at China Foreign Affairs University, told the Global Times on Thursday. –The Daily Mail-Global Times news exchange item
