(2) The crisis between China and Taiwan
onset of tension :
In 2021, China began to intensify its pressure by sending military aircraft to the air defense zone over the island of Taiwan, which is a self-declared area where foreign aircraft are identified, monitored and controlled for the benefit of the national security of the autonomous island. On the other hand, Taiwan published data on aircraft raids publicly in the year 2020, as the number of reported aircraft reached its peak in October 2021, with 56 incursions in one day .
China has warned the United States against Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. Considering that this visit is a provocative behavior by the United States and a red line that would undermine relations between the two countries, Zhang Jun, the Chinese delegate to the United Nations, stated that Pelosi's visit to Taiwan (if it takes place) will lead to undermining the US-Chinese relations .
He added that Washington should understand the serious consequences of this provocative step, stressing that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and that the issue of China's territorial integrity is a red line that Beijing will not allow anyone to cross.
"We will stand up to any interference in China's internal affairs and will not allow anyone to support the separatist movements," he added.
But China was not satisfied with the verbal warning, as several Chinese warplanes made tactical moves near the demarcation line at the Taiwan Strait.
The Chinese warships also crossed the highly sensitive center line in an unusual plan .
Meanwhile, sirens sounded in Taiwan, and the authorities talked about preparing for a state of war, which raised fears about the repetition of the Ukrainian-Russian scenario in light of the escalation of tension between
the two sides and the entry of the US official into the crisis line .
The authorities in Taiwan cleared roads and ordered residents to stay in their homes, in conjunction with opening shelters and conducting intense air exercises in the capital, Taipei, in anticipation of a possible Chinese attack . The Chinese army is conducting various exercises, including live-fire exercises, in the south of China, the Yellow Sea and the Bohan Sea, which threatens to repeat the scenario of Russia and Ukraine between China and Taiwan.
In light of the interference of the United States of America in issues that Russia and China consider a threat to their national security, some experts go to the possibility of Moscow and Beijing launching a bilateral alliance to respond to american provocations, which may lead to further escalation to the possibility of a world war .
From fears of slipping into more complex crises, China has spent several decades transforming the People's Liberation army to what Chinese President Zhi Jiang called a world-class army that can defeat any third party that takes up the defense about Taiwan .
Information and facts
Taiwan, officially known as the National Republic of China, is located in East Asia . The island of Taiwan constitutes 99 percent of its territory . before 1949, it was part of the Greater People's State of China.
Taiwan (its official name is the National Republic of China) belonged to the People's Republic of China until 1859.
Then it was subject to the control of Japan according to the Treaty of "Simonsky", but returned to Chinese control after the defeat of Japan in the aftermath of World War II in 1945 .
When the influence of the Communists in China increased in the fifties of the last century, part of the Chinese army withdrew Led by Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan, China regained control over it .
Taiwan is a founding member of the United Nations .
• She was one of the five permanent members of the Security Council until the seat was changed to the Republic of China Popularity in 1971 based on a United Nations resolution .
• The reason for transferring membership of the Security Council to China was due to the fact that the united Republic of China was considered it is the political entity that controlled both of them before the Chinese Civil War ended Nationalists control the island of Taiwan. The system of government in Taiwan is a semi-presidential election.
• Most of the world's countries prefer to deal with Taiwan in official diplomatic relations.
• The People's Republic of China was founded in 1911 by the "Komintage" and the Chinese Nationalist Party When China was divided between two camps (the KMT and the Communists).
• When the Kuomintang established the Republic of China, they took Taiwan as its capital .
•China witnessed a civil war between the Communists (People's Republic of China) and the Kuomintang (Taiwan) . it ended with the establishment of the Communists of the Republic of China with Beijing as its capital in 1949 .
• Three large islands remained outside the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China, before its restoration, which is Hong Kong which was under British colonial rule until 1997, and Macau, which was under portuguese and independent Formosa ( later taken the name Taiwan) .
• Since then, China has been seeking to regain control of Taiwan .
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