THE US could be planning a “military invasion” of China in an act of “severe subversion” if it sends marines to guard the de facto US embassy in Taiwan – and Beijing could be forced to retaliate according to Chinese state media.
Express
Date: Aug 1, 2018
By: Matt Drake
A new report indicates the US is to deploy military personnel to the new American
A new report indicates the US is to deploy military personnel to the new AIT (Image: GETTY)
Institute in Taiwan (AIT).
Beijing has warned such a move would be a “subversion of the one-China policy” in an editorial in the Global Times.
It also warned it was grounds for China to deploy “an increasing number of countermeasures which Washington will have to confront”.
Although the decision has not been confirmed, The Global Times warned: “If the US Marines publicly station at the AIT in their uniforms, that would be treated by Beijing as a severe subversion of the one-China policy or even an invasion of the US military of Chinese soil.
“The AIT would also be regarded as a primary stronghold for the US invasion of China.
“Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen’s administration would be defined as a traitorous group.
“That being said, from a strategic perspective, the AIT would become the most insecure place in Taiwan and a blasting fuse for clashes.”
The AIT performs the functions of a US embassy, but it is not technically one.
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