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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023
ELITE
VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023

On the Chinese side, it believes that this In this case, these manoeuvres are a threat
visit is essentially a covert support by the to Taiwan, which could also confuse the
United States against it that supports United States if it offers the latter's support

Taiwan's independence policy and and intervention.
challenges Beijing's territorial claims. In
addition, the visit would be one of the As for the United States, it is expected that
United States' defiance against China, this visit will have an impact on the quiet
while the relationship between them was attempts by China and the United States, as

not stable or consensual, but rather in a China has established the requirement of
calming phase, in which many efforts from respect for the "one China" principle as a key
the two countries had contributed. condition and a political basis for China to
Consequently, China would have reacted, it develop friendly relations with all nations of
would have tried to prevent this visit from the world. Therefore, China's exasperation is
being groundless but it failed to do so, and expected to irritate because this cooperation
it can therefore turn to some punitive between the United States and Taiwan is
action to discipline Taiwan and respond to considered a kind of encroachment on this

the United States. principle. Not only this, but also China's
China carried out its occupations to explicit and clear objections to preventing
prevent this visit, which it had already direct communication or any talks or any
begun by expressing its anger and criticism informal or formal relations with Taiwan
of the visit and stating that it firmly Island because it is considered a part of

opposed any form of collusion by the China, and the latter considers such
United States to support the separatists in initiatives to be interference in China's
Taiwan's independence. It had already filed internal affairs and it will not allow it.
a United States diplomatic complaint "China will pay close attention to the
about Lai's suspension, to which the evolution of the situation and take firm and
United States had expressed its rejection by robust measures to protect national
appealing to China not to be subjected to sovereignty and territorial integrity," Foreign
his cessation in the United States during his Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said, posing

trip to Paraguay. It is therefore expected an explicit threat to the United States and a
that China will take some punitive challenge that highlights the next steps in
measures for each of the two countries. For China's relations with it.
Taiwan, China is expected to conduct new
and tight military exercises around Taiwan.

That's what she did in 2020 after Pelosi's
visit to Taiwan and she also did war games,
in April, after Tsai, President of Taiwan,
met with the United States with House
Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles
while on her way back from Central
America, which is similar to the one that

was scheduled for this month.
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