The Ministry of Defense of China accused the United States this Thursday of having “accelerated the advance towards a dangerous war situation” in the Taiwan Strait, after US President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026, which includes an expansion of arms sales to Taipei.
Military spokesman Zhang Xiaogang declared this Thursday, at the Ministry of Defense’s monthly press conference, that the content of the US regulations related to Taiwan “flagrantly interferes in China’s internal affairs” and “sends seriously erroneous signals” to the pro-independence forces on the island.
According to the Chinese spokesperson, Washington “has failed to fulfill its commitments” and has “intensified” arms sales to Taiwan, a dynamic that, in his opinion, “accelerates the advance towards a dangerous war situation” and “seriously undermines” peace and stability in the Strait.
Zhang asserted that USA “is using Taiwan as a tool to contain China” and that this strategy “will not be successful.”
“He attempt to use Taiwan to stop China “It is doomed to failure and seeking independence through force leads to self-destruction,” the spokesperson said, while criticizing the island authorities for, he said, “ignoring the interests and security” of the citizens.
“USA “must act with the utmost caution in matters related to Taiwan and adopt concrete measures to safeguard the stability of bilateral relations and ties between both armies,” he added.
The statements come in a context of growing friction between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan, at a time when the United States has reinforced its political and military support for Taipei.
Although Washington does not have diplomatic relations with the island continues to be its main supplier of weapons and maintains a policy of strategic ambiguity regarding possible intervention in the event of conflict.
China considers Taiwan an “inalienable part” of its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve “reunification,” while the Taipei government rejects this position and maintains that only the island’s inhabitants can decide its political future.