Beijing, China.
The tension between China and Taiwan rises after the presidente chino, Xi Jinping, order the military to be prepared “for the fight full-time “using the advanced technology available to thems military exercises, in its first decree of 2021.
Xi has specified that the gigantic People’s Liberation Army must be willing to “act at any time, the spirit ofWe fight without fear to difficulties and without fear of death. “
The Armed Forces cthe military exercises upon receipt of the President’s order, to carry out maneuvers around the country, along with computer simulations on the use of their nuclear weapons.
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Xi’s order intervenes amid mounting military tensions Taipei and Beijing, after Taiwan denounced that Chinese military planes had performed 380 flights in the vicinity of island defense a record figure in 2020.
Taiwan, who benefits from a democratic system lives among the constant threat de China, who sees the area as a rebellious province that one day will be under your control, through power if required.
The tensions on both sides of the Street of Formosa have risen steadily since the 2016 election president Tsai Ing-wen, from a party traditionally hostile to Beijing.
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But they peaked last year with the unprecedented number of plane flights of the Chinese Air Force in its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
“The 380 raids on the southwest of ADIZ in 2020 were much more frequent than in the past,” said Shih Shun-wen, spokesman for the Defense Department.
“This … forms one threat for regional and national security, ”he added.
The National Defense Research Institute warned in its annual report on China’s People’s Liberation Army that “the China’s Military Threat, is at the highest level since the crisis of the missiles from 1996 en the strait. “