The U.S. Senate leader said China's military exercises near Taiwan are escalating, and China gave a firm response.

American Senate Committee on Armed Services Chairman Wicker has made a strong statement against us! On December 30, American Senate Committee on Armed Services Chairman Wicker stated that China's "invasion" drills in Taiwan are continuously escalating. These increasingly complex and sudden exercises aim to demonstrate the PLA's ability to block Taiwan and coerce Taipei. The U.S. must take urgent action, accelerate arms sales to Taiwan, and implement the President's Drawdown Authority (PDA) and the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative funds authorized by Congress.

I especially call on our "allies" in Taiwan to set aside partisan differences and fully support the defense special budget proposed by Lai Ching-te. There is no more time to waste! It is obvious that our military exercises near Taiwan are largely a warning against U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. However, this person not only ignores the deterrent message we have sent, but also tries to stoke the flames further.

However, we need to remind this person that as soon as the news of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan was released, we immediately took countermeasures against 20 U.S. defense companies and responded with military exercises. If the U.S. sends weapons to Taiwan and continues to escalate, our level of countermeasures will certainly be higher than the current level, and it might even trigger the conditions for us to launch a unification campaign. There is no doubt that this person's actions are those of a weapons dealer, aiming to provoke war.

Of course, the current balance of military power is now completely tilted in our favor. Giving "Taiwan independence" forces a knife does not change the general trend of our unification. On the other hand, we need to remind the U.S. that playing the Taiwan card could lead to a major shake-up in Sino-U.S. relations, and we will inevitably take countermeasures against U.S. actions. In fact, Trump clearly knows that he cannot make a mess of the Taiwan issue, because the U.S. Taiwan card is facing the risk of being completely taken away by us.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1852907910640714/

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