Canada is pushing back on Chinese influence in the Taiwan Strait after Beijing ratcheted up tensions in East Asia by conducting military drills off Taiwan this week.
China’s People’s Liberation Army said Wednesday that it had “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan, concluding a set of high-powered manoeuvres aimed at asserting its sovereignty over the island.
Global Affairs Canada says in a media statement that Canada “opposes any unilateral attempts to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait.”
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The agency says the strait connecting the east and south China seas is “indispensable to the security and prosperity of the international community” and it’s “in the interest of all parties to maintain the peaceful and accessible nature of this waterway.”
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The two-China issue has been out of sight. It has been replaced by One Country on Each Side or independence. In other words, Taiwan is not claiming to be China in place of the People’s Republic of China. Given the absence of that issue which could be politically rather than militarily resolved anyway, the reason for China can only be occupation or colonization, as seen in Hong Kong.