The Chinese government has announced that it will begin stopping and inspecting any ships seen sailing through the Taiwan Strait, according to alarming new reports.
Taiwan has declared that it will not cooperate with any kind of “search and capture” by the People’s Liberation Army Navy.
“China’s Fujian Maritime Safety Administration launched a three-day special joint patrol and inspection operation in the central and northern parts of the Taiwan Strait that includes ship-boarding movements, it said on its account WeChat,” Reuters reported.
China has just released the first images of today’s military exercises in Taiwan. The video mentions some of the assets involved: #GroundForce rocket launchers, Navy destroyers and fast missile boats, fighter jets, bombers, #AirForce jamming and refueling, etc. pic.twitter.com/FYANzxiRJE
— David Demes 戴達衛 (@DemesDavid) April 8, 2023
“The move comes amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan, with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosting Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the the most senior American to meet a Taiwanese leader on American soil in decades,” the report said. added
President McCarthy on Saturday denounced China’s objections to his visit with the Taiwanese president.
I am the president of the Chamber. There is no place where China tells me where I can go or who I can talk to. pic.twitter.com/9N37s6jr8D
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) April 8, 2023
“I’m the Speaker of the House,” McCarthy said. “There is no place where China tells me where I can go or who I can talk to.”
China’s escalation of naval exercises in the Taiwan Strait comes amid the communist nation’s strengthening ties with Russia, Brazil and Saudi Arabia.
The Chinese yuan recently surpassed the US dollar as the most traded currency in Russia, according to Bloomberg data. Brazil and China in late March agreed to sidestep the US dollar when paying for trade goods. China and Saudi Arabia are also forging energy ties, with the Saudi kingdom recently joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) with dialogue partner status. Beijing also brokered a historic deal between arch-enemies Iran and Saudi Arabia.
China is strengthening its diplomatic ties around the world as it continues to encircle the island nation of Taiwan, which the communist regime considers its territory.
Ian Ellis, a media analyst believes that China’s naval inspection regime could be an “opening salvo” in an eventual blockade of Taiwan.
Has China fired the opening salvo in a blockade of Taiwan? #China announced it will inspect ships in Taiwan Strait and Taiwan won’t cooperate, setting up potential confrontation.
This is a big problem. 🚩
Here’s what the experts say 👇 pic.twitter.com/YDHaVbqqad
— Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones) April 7, 2023
Taiwan is certainly a hot spot for international observers to keep an eye on, especially with a weak and compromised Biden regime inviting aggression abroad.
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