The South China Morning Post reported that the Taiwanese army began command and staff exercises on Monday, according to a scenario that assumed the Chinese army would attack the island.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense said the Joint Military Operations Command, ground forces, air force and navy headquarters will participate in the five -day exercise, which is part of the annual Han Kwang exercises, which is most important for Taiwan. The second phase, in which the Taiwanese army will conduct Live exercises, will begin on July 25, as it will use the portable Stinger anti-aircraft missile system and Javelin anti-tank missile system.
The newspaper states that the command and staff exercises in Taiwan took place against the background of the exercises of the Chinese Navy attack aircraft carrier group led by the aircraft carrier “Liaoning” in the Western Pacific.
It is noteworthy that official relations between the central government of the People’s Republic of China and the island province were delayed in 1949. After the defeat of Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek in the Party’s civil war Communist of China, he moved. on the island of Taiwan.
In the late 1980s, commercial and informal interaction between the island and mainland China continued. From the early 1990s, the parties began to interact through two non-governmental organizations, the Beijing Association for the Development of Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Taipei Cross-Strait Exchange Foundation.
Beijing insists on “a China principle” because the People’s Republic of China and the Taiwanese Republic of China cannot be recognized at the same time.
Also, while almost all major countries maintain unofficial cultural and economic offices in Taipei, Taiwan is one of the most sensitive issues in U.S.-China relations.
Source: Interfax
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