China-Taiwan news: White House calls Chinese drills ‘provocative’ and ‘irresponsible’ –

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The Chinese military will from now on conduct “regular” drills on the eastern side of the median line of the Taiwan Strait, Chinese state television reported on Sunday, citing a commentator.

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The median line in the narrow strait between the island of Taiwan and mainland China is an unofficial line of control that military aircraft and battleships from either side normally do not cross.

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Reuters reports that the state television commentator said the median line has never been legally recognised, and is an “imaginary” line drawn up by the US military for their combat requirements in the previous century.

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It is 3.30pm in Taiwan, and here is a summary of the latest situation.

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China again conducted military drills and exercises around Taiwan on Sunday. The four day show of military strength had been a response to US politician Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the disputed territory earlier in the week.

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Taiwan’s defence ministry earlier said it has sent aircraft and ships to “appropriately” react to Chinese military drills around the island.

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China’s navigational warnings and NOTAMs for military exercises around Taiwan have expired, excluding in one area, and China didn’t extend those exercises as some had previously thought they might.

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Taiwan’s transport ministry said flights through its airspace had gradually resumed on Sunday about noon as most notifications for Chinese military drills near the island were “no longer in effect”.

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Taiwan’s mainland affairs council (MAC) – which sets policy towards the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – has called on Beijing authorities to “exercise restraint and immediately stop all of its belligerent behaviours”. The council accused the PRC of continuing with its military exercises around Taiwan “as part of a simulation for an attack and a blockade in order to intimidate Taiwan and neighbouring countries”.

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Taiwan’s Premier Su Tseng-chang says China has “arrogantly” used military actions to disrupt regional peace and stability. Speaking to reporters in Taipei on Sunday, Su also called on Beijing to not flex its military muscles, and condemned “foreign enemies” he said were attempting to sap the morale of the Taiwanese people through cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns.

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A White House spokesperson has said China is trying to “change the status quo” through its military drills around Taiwan.

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Taiwan’s top diplomat in the US has said the self-governing island has been “bullied, marginalised and isolated from the world” for too long and maintained its people would not surrender their freedom.

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Beijing has announced it will hold further military exercises near the southern part of the Yellow Sea and Bohai, near South Korea. The exercises are expected to start on Monday 8 August and last until 8 September.

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Chinese diplomats continue in their campaign to lay the blame on the US and accuse Washington of causing chaos in the region. On Saturday, Hua Chunying, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, accused the US of interfering in Beijing’s internal affairs. Chunying also said the US should have stopped Pelosi’s visit.

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This is Martin Belam here in London, and I will be bringing you any further reaction to China’s military exercises as it develops. You can reach me at martin.belam@theguardian.com

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A top US diplomat warned Pacific Islands of a new struggle against violent power-hungry regimes on Sunday, as she visited the Solomon Islands to mark the 80th anniversary of World War II’s Battle of Guadalcanal.

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US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman said a new crop of world leaders are reviving “bankrupt” ideas about the use of force, according to a recent report from Agence France-Presse.

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Visiting a battlefield memorial in the Solomon Islands, Sherman said “some around the world” had forgotten the cost of war, or were ignoring the lessons of the past.

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She hit out at “leaders who believe that coercion, pressure, and violence are tools to be used with impunity”, without citing any leader by name.

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Painting the situation today as carrying faint echoes of the fight against Nazism and Imperial Japan in the 1930-40s, Sherman urged the region to push back.

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We remember how bankrupt, how empty, such views were then, and remain today,” she said.

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Today we are once again engaged in a different kind of struggle – a struggle that will go on for some time to come.”

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Sherman told her hosts “it is up to us to decide if we want to continue having societies where people are free to speak their minds.”

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It is time, she said, to decide “if we want to have governments that are transparent and accountable to their people.”

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China appears set to wrap up its largest-ever military exercises surrounding Taiwan later today.

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It has deployed fighter jets, warships and ballistic missiles around Taiwan in what analysts have described as practising a blockade and ultimate invasion of the island.

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Those exercises are set to wrap up Sunday, though Beijing has announced fresh drills in the Yellow Sea – located between China and the Korean peninsula – to take place until 15 August.

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According to some unconfirmed reports, China has lifted its no-go notices for drill areas.

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China’s navigational warnings and NOTAMs for military exercises around Taiwan have expired, excluding one area, and China didn’t extend those exercises as some previously thought, according to regional military analysts.

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Chinese diplomats continue in their campaign to lay the blame on the US and accuse Washington of causing chaos in the region.

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On Saturday, Hua Chunying, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, accused the US of interfering in Beijing’s internal affairs.

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Chunying also said the US should have stopped Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last week.

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She added that the US needs to stop trying to “hollow out” the one-China policy. This refers to an arrangement dating back to the 1970s that countries can maintain formal diplomatic relations with China or Taiwan, but not both.

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Talking about "responsible" @StateDept, the US should have stopped #Pelosi's visit to #Taiwan and stop showing muscles at China’s doorsteps, stop interfering in China’s internal affairs,…

— Hua Chunying 华春莹 (@SpokespersonCHN) August 6, 2022

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China’s former ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, has also just posted a lengthy series of tweets in which he quotes China’s foreign minister, Yang Wi.

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In total disregard of the firm opposition and repeated representations of the Chinese side and with the condonement and even arrangement of the US government, Pelosi went ahead with the visit to China’s Taiwan region.

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This reckless move seriously undermined China’s sovereignty, seriously interfered in China’s internal affairs, seriously violated the commitments by the US, seriously jeopardised peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. It is only natural that China makes a firm response.

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Our position is justified, reasonable and legal; our measures are firm, strong and measured; and our military exercises are open, transparent and professional. They are consistent with domestic and international laws, as well as international practices.

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They are aimed at sending a warning to the perpetrator and punishing the ‘Taiwan independence’ forces. We will firmly safeguard China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, resolutely stop the United States’ attempt to use the Taiwan card to contain China.

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We will firmly shatter the Taiwan authorities’ illusion to pursue Taiwan independence by soliciting the support of the US. At the same time, we are upholding the international law and the basic norms governing international relations, particularly non-interference in countries’ internal affairs.

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This is the most important international norm enshrined in the UN Charter. If the principle of non-interference is discarded, the world will return to the law of the jungle, the UshnaShah will become even more unscrupulous in treating and bullying other countries.”

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Wang Yi: In total disregard of the firm opposition and repeated representations of the #Chinese side and with the condonement and even arrangement of the #US government, #Pelosi went ahead with the visit to China's #Taiwan region.

— 刘晓明Liu Xiaoming (@AmbLiuXiaoMing) August 7, 2022

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Chinese diplomats continue in their campaign to lay the blame on the US and accuse Washington of causing chaos in the region.

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China’s ambassador to Asean, Deng Xijun, has provided a summary of foreign minister Wang Yi’s press conference after attending the series of foreign ministers’ meetings on East Asia cooperation in Phnom Penh.

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Wang pointed out that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in total disregard of the firm opposition and repeated representations of the Chinese side and with the condonement and even arrangement of the US government, went ahead with the visit to China’s Taiwan region.

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It is only natural that China makes a firm response. Our position is justified, reasonable and legal; our measures are firm, strong and measured; and our military exercises are open, transparent and professional.

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In response to the US argument that a visit to Taiwan by the House Speaker is not without precedence, Wang stressed that the visit of then Speaker Newt Gingrich to Taiwan is a terrible mistake, and the Chinese government vehemently opposed it at the time.

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Wang called on all parties to stay highly vigilant against the reported US expansion of military deployment in the region. The typical US playbook is to create a problem first, then use that to achieve its own objective. But in front of China, this just won’t work!”

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1/5 On 5 Aug, SC&FM #WangYi held a press conference for Chinese & foreign media after attending the series of foreign ministers' meetings on East Asia cooperation in Phnom Penh. Wang expressed his readiness to elaborate on China's position on the #Taiwan question. pic.twitter.com/XP7pyJwGpm

— Ambassador Deng Xijun (@China2ASEAN) August 7, 2022

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