Beijing accuses Taipei and ‘external forces’ of escalating tensions in the region

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They are responsible for tensions in the Taiwan Strait, South China Sea, says Chinese defence chief Dong Jun.

Admiral Dong Jun, China’s Minister of National Defence, speaking at the fifth plenary session of the Shangri-la Dialogue on June 2.

Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Admiral Dong blamed Taiwan’s ruling party, the independence-leaning Democratic People’s Party , and the Philippines - which he did not directly name but referred to as “a certain country emboldened by outside powers” - for tensions in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea respectively.

“Those separatists recently made fanatical statements that show their betrayal of the Chinese nation and their ancestors. They will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history,” he said, referring to the speech bylaunched military drills near Taiwan as “punishment”. China claims the self-ruled island as its territory. The US is obligated by its Taiwan Relations Act to provide the island with the arms it needs to defend itself.

 

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