Taiwan's foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other's 'expansionism'

Taiwan 's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks during a forum in Taipei on Aug 8, 2023. TAIPEI: Russia and China are helping each other expand their territorial reach and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan 's outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with the Associated Press.

"If Ukraine is defeated at the end, I think China is going to get inspired and they might take even more ambitious steps in expanding their power in the Indo-Pacific and it will be disastrous for the international community," Wu said. " wants the international community to focus on the Taiwan Strait and forget about China's actions in different parts of the world," Wu said."And I think ... we shouldn't lose the vision that the expansionism of authoritarianism is everywhere in the Indo-Pacific."

Wu said Taipei is committed to continuing a policy of maintaining peace and the status quo in relations with Beijing, as the island prepares to inaugurate its, to be retaken by force if necessary and maintains military and economic pressure on the island by sending warships and military vessels near it almost daily.

He added Beijing is trying to change the status quo with Taiwan through a series of actions, including by ramping up military pressure, conducting information warfare and introducing new flight routes along the median line of the Taiwan Strait, an informal demarcation zone.Wu said security pacts like those between the United States, Australia and Japan and the new AUKUS partnership between Australia, Britain and the US serve to deter China from becoming even more aggressive in the region.

Despite the losses, Wu has worked to improve unofficial ties with European and Asian nations and the US, which remains Taiwan's strongest unofficial ally and is bound by law to provide the island with the means to defend itself.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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