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The first line is cutting off the lifeline of energy and resource imports for 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces. The second line is blocking the support line of external assistance to these forces,
Zhang said
As long as Taiwan independence separatists dare to cross the line, the PLA will definitely act,
Meng told state broadcaster CCTV
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Pursuing Taiwan independence will only endanger Taiwan and plunge Taiwan compatriots into an abyss of misery,
said Chinese Ministry of Defence spokesman Zhang Xiaogang in a statement WednesdayWe urge Japan to deeply reflect on history, uphold the principles in the four political documents between China and Japan and honor its solemn commitments on the Taiwan question, immediately stop interfering in China's internal affairs, and abide by the one-China principle with concrete actions,
Guo said
We have full confidence and sufficient capability to deter 'Taiwan independence' separatist activities and jointly achieve national reunification,
the spokesperson addedJapan has no right to point fingers at this, still less interfere with it,
he said in response to media reports thatWe are concerned by China’s military exercises around Taiwan, part of a pattern of activity which is increasing tensions and risking dangerous escalation in the Taiwan Strait,
a spokesperson for Britain's Foreign Office said
Such political manipulation only forces the people of Taiwan to bear greater risks and costs,
Zheng said
Although the current drills are military in nature, they also serve as a real warning. They tell the people of Taiwan that the DPP authorities, for their own political interests, are willing to put the entire island in danger,
Zheng saidThe current drill has already placed Taiwan island in a quasi-blockade situation,
Zheng saidThe PLA's evolving drill patterns - marked by increased unpredictability - have left the 'Taiwan independence' forces unable to anticipate its actions, subjecting them to growing psychological pressure,
Zheng saidThe biggest highlight of today's drills is the long-range live-fire drills, which serve as a powerful deterrence against 'Taiwan independence' forces. After years of development, the PLA's comprehensive capabilities kept rising, as its ability to fight and win continues to increase, sufficient enough to smash 'Taiwan independence' forces into pieces,
Fu from the Academy of Military Science saidThe EU has a direct interest in the preservation of the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. We oppose any unilateral actions that change the status quo by force or coercion,
an EU spokesperson said
No matter what the name is, it cannot cover up the naked provocative nature of the drills and their mentality of threatening Taiwan’s people,
Taiwan defense ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang told reporters in TaipeiBeijing sees Taiwan, the democratic ruled island, as a breakaway Chinese province, and President Xi Jinping has said time and time again, that whether by peaceful means or by force, it will be unified again with mainland China,
Yu said
Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te has condemned the drills. He says, this is only demonstrating that China is a troublemaker in this region,
Yu addedOnce again, China’s aggressive military activities and rhetoric toward Taiwan only serve to exacerbate tensions and put the region’s security and the world’s prosperity at risk,
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said
In the face of China’s intimidation tactics and destabilizing behavior, the United States’ enduring commitment to our allies and partners, including Taiwan, continues,
Bruce said in a statementTaiwan is vulnerable from an energy point of view and China is playing up that vulnerability,
Dylan Loh at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University told AFP
The containment and control drills are designed to test the ability to restrict supply routes to Taiwan and deter foreign commercial vessels from docking,
said Su Tzu-yun, a military expert at Taipei's Institute for National Defense and Security Research