China’s air force is bolstering Beijing’s claim to the island amid recent tensions over Taiwan’s status. “The Air Force has the determination, full confidence and sufficient capability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” an air force spokesman said on Sunday, referring to the island nation considered by Beijing to be a breakaway province.
The People’s Republic of China has enough fighter jets to encircle “the precious island of our motherland,” it said. Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, whose national independence Russia disputes, international attention has increasingly focused on the unresolved Taiwan conflict. The US supports the island state, which insists on its independence as the Republic of China.
unrest in Beijing
Expectations that the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, would also visit Taiwan as part of her planned trip to Asia had recently caused unrest in Beijing. The Chair of the US House of Representatives is the third most senior US representative after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Biden on Thursday to recognize Beijing’s one-China principle, adding: “Those who play with fire will die in it.” According to the US Presidential Administration on Friday, it has no indication of any upcoming military activities by China against Taiwan. In the past, China has repeatedly underlined its claim with maneuvers near the island.