Taipei:
Taiwan’s foreign minister accused China on Saturday of wanting to “emulate” the Taliban, saying the island that Beijing claims as sovereign Chinese territory did not want to be topic to communism or crimes against humanity.
The speedy fall of the U.S.-backed Afghan government has sparked heated debate in Taiwan about whether or not they could endure the identical fate to a Chinese invasion, when state media in China has mentioned Kabul’s fate showed Taiwan it can not trust Washington.
Writing on Twitter in response to the U.S. State Department reiterating a contact for China to cease pressuring the island, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu expressed his thanks to the United States for upholding the wishes and greatest interests of Taiwan’s people today.
“They include democracy & freedom from communism, authoritarianism & crimes against humanity,” Wu mentioned.
“China dreams of emulating the Taliban, but let me be blunt: We’ve got the will & means to defend ourselves,” Wu added, devoid of elaborating.
There was no instant response from China, whose Taiwan Affairs Office did not answer calls in search of comment outdoors of small business hours on Saturday.
China has sought to make ties with the Taliban regardless of its personal worries about the doable impact on what Beijing sees as Islamist extremists operating in China’s Xinjiang.
Afghanistan has grow to be the most recent concern Taiwan and China have sparred more than.
Taiwan has complained of stepped up Chinese diplomatic and military stress in current months, which includes repeated air force and navy drills close to the island, prompting concern in Washington and other Western capitals.
Taiwan is a rambunctious democracy whose people today have shown tiny interest in becoming ruled by autocratic China.
Beijing has also been angered by U.S. assistance for Taiwan even in the absence of formal diplomatic ties in between Washington and Taipei, which includes common U.S. arms sales.
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