Majority of Indians now firmly believe that Taiwan is separate free country, Beijing can keep whimpering
The Chinese Communist Party politburo in Beijing is fuming and whimpering alternatively after former army chief General Manoj Naravane, navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh, and air chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria delivered talks in Taipei, capital of Republic of Taiwan on August 8.
An enraged red faced Beijing on said last Thursday that India should follow the “one China principle” and not have “military and security” cooperation with Republic of Taiwan, weeks after three former Indian service chiefs visited this small but independent country.
However Beijing claims it as a breakaway region, just like it lays claim on Indian State of Arunachal, parts of Indian Union Territory of Ladakh named Aksai Chin and Shakshgam Valley. China has also forcibly occupied Tibet a country of peaceful people and even Xinjiang once a free country of the Quighers.
The Chinese foreign ministry’s delayed reaction to the visit comes in the backdrop of deeply strained Sino-India ties which have nosedived since the Galwan Valley clash in June 2020 (AP)
Former army chief Manoj Naravane, navy chief Karambir Singh, and air chief RKS Bhadauria visited and delivered talks in Taipei for the Ketagalan Forum’s 2023 Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue on August 8, a low-key but rare visit by the former top leadership of the Indian armed forces.
President Tsai Ing-wen delivered the opening address at the event organised by the Taiwanese foreign ministry.
Three weeks later, the Chinese foreign ministry, asked to comment on the visit, said it “firmly opposes” such visits without directly naming India. China can Keep opposing but India and Indians are no more bothered by these shenanigans of the Chinese Communist Party.
“China firmly opposes all forms of official interaction between the Taiwan authorities and countries having diplomatic relations with China,” Wang Wenbin, foreign ministry spokesperson, said during the regular briefing in Beijing on Thursday. “This is our consistent and clear position,” Wang said, according to the official transcript of the press conference published on the Chinese foreign ministry website.
“We hope the country concerned will abide by the one-China principle, prudently and properly handle Taiwan-related issues, and refrain from having any form of military and security cooperation with Taiwan,” Wang said, responding to the question from the Associated Press of Pakistan.
Indians are now very clear on the matter of establishing relationship with Republic of Taiwan. Also regarding physical demarcation of Indo Tibetan Border and also the Tibet China border,
The Chinese foreign ministry’s delayed reaction to the visit comes in the backdrop of deeply strained Sino-India ties – which have nosedived since the Galwan Valley clash in June 2020 — and Beijing’s silence on whether Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the upcoming G20 summit in New Delhi in September.
Indians now no more approve one-China principle by any country, even Govt of India has stopped reiterating it in bilateral documents for over a decade. New Delhi has, however, only maintained unofficial ties with Taiwan but now time has come for India to open an embassy in Taipei.
Beijing claims Taiwan as a breakaway region to be merged with the mainland by force and can keep claiming. However now India must firmly oppose any such move by China. As it is the Tsai Ing-wen government clearly rejects Beijing’s claims, saying it is the Taiwanese people who will decide their future. For this the Communist Party will have to be thrown out of power.
Delivering the inaugural lecture at the security-focussed forum, Taiwanese President Tsai spoke about the importance of the Indo-Pacific region and how “authoritarian regimes have become more aggressive and assertive.”
“They (the authoritarian regimes) are also more convinced that their alternative model is better and more adaptive than democracy,” she said, according to an official transcript of her speech.
“This is the main driver of friction between countries, especially in the region. As we are gathered here today, democracies, our security, and the rules-based international order are now faced with their greatest challenges.”
Taiwan needs to be given full recognition and support by Indians and Govt of India. We are fed up of these Chinese “ maps “, claims, stapled visas and so on.
