China lashes out at US army support to Taiwan because it pledges to annex Taipei

China lashed out at Washington and Taipei after the White House announced a £268million ($345million) military aid package for Taiwan.

Beijing claimed “Taiwanese separatists” are turning the self-governed territory, which China considers its personal territory, right into a “powder keg”.

Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office, mentioned late on Saturday, hours after the US’s newest present of help for Taipei: “No matter how much of the ordinary people’s taxpayer money the … Taiwanese separatist forces spend, no matter how many US weapons, it will not shake our resolve to solve the Taiwan problem.

“Or shake our agency will to understand the reunification of our motherland.

“Their actions are turning Taiwan into a powder keg and ammunition depot, aggravating the threat of war in the Taiwan Strait.”

Beijing confirmed its threats aren’t empty as on Sunday Taipei mentioned to have tracked six Chinese navy ships in waters off its shores.

Taiwan’s ruling administration, led by the Democratic Progressive Party, not too long ago stepped up its weapons purchases from the US in a bid to discourage a Chinese invasion.

Earlier this yr, the US accepted practically £15billion ($19billion) in army gross sales of F-16 jets and different weapon programs to Taiwan.

The support introduced on Friday has been hailed as historic because it marks the primary time in Joe Biden‘s White House time period Washington will draw on the nation’s personal stockpiles to ship assist to Taiwan.

This permits for faster supply of munitions and support because it would not must depend on manufacturing time.

Speaking of the army support package deal, two sources described as US officers claimed it contains man-portable air defence programs often called MANPADS, intelligence and surveillance capabilities in addition to firearms and missiles.

In line with the One China coverage, Washington maintains formal relations with Beijing and unofficial ones with Taipei, in a bid to protect stability within the Taiwan Strait.

However, the US additionally reserves the suitable to ship army support to Taipei to make an invasion of Taiwan too troublesome and dear to be backed by China.

So far, China has carried out threatening manoeuvres within the Strait and verbally condemned exchanges between the US and Taiwan’s militaries – described by Beijing’s Defence Ministry in May as an “extremely wrong and dangerous move”.

China and Taiwan break up in 1949 amid a civil struggle.