Name: Taiwan Lawmaker Warns Beijing Could 'Invade' as Chinese Missiles Land in Nearby Japan's Waters
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Description: Five ballistic missiles launched by China landed in the waters of Japan's exclusive economic zone Aug. 4, prompting an international outcry against the communist regime.

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Five ballistic missiles launched by China landed in the waters of Japan's exclusive economic zone Aug. 4, prompting an international outcry against the communist regime.

The missiles were <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinas-military-announces-live-fire-drills-surrounding-taiwan-folowing-pelosi-arrival_4638094.html">launched</a> as part of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) retaliatory military exercises against Taiwan, which have cut off several international air and sea paths to the island in a sort of blockade.

"To have five Chinese missiles fall within Japan's EEZ like this is a first," <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-protests-after-chinese-missiles-land-its-exclusive-economic-zone-2022-08-04/">said</a> Japanese defense minister Nobuo Kishi.

"We have protested strongly through diplomatic channels."

Shortly before the launches, CCP authorities cancelled a previously planned meeting between China and Japan's foreign ministers, citing displeasure with Japan's <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/g7-calls-on-china-to-stop-threatening-actions-around-taiwan_4640461.html">signing</a> of a joint statement by the G7 which called on China to resolve its tensions with Taiwan peacefully.

"We call on the PRC not to unilaterally change the <em>status quo</em> by force in the region, and to resolve cross-Strait differences by peaceful means," the document said.
<h2>Taiwan Warns CCP Could 'Invade' Local Waters</h2>
The military exercises are the largest ever conducted by the CCP across the Taiwan Strait. They include joint naval, air, and missile forces, operating in six areas surrounding Taiwan.

Notably, some of the exercise areas, which the CCP has declared "prohibited" to international travel, occur within 10 miles of Taiwan's coastline. A nation's soveriegn waters end 12 miles from the coastline, according to international law.

Such maneuvers would constitute an invasion of Taiwan's territorial waters if Chinese forces were to travel the full breadth of the exercise areas, Taiwan lawmaker Wang Ting-yu <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/08/04/taiwan-china-military-drills-invasion-territorial-waters">told</a> Axios.

"If they send in their fighters or their warships to enter our territorial sea, that means China invaded our territory and we will have our standard operation procedure to respond to that," Wang said.

"We don't want to provoke any conflict here, but whoever dares to invade our country, our home, we have our obligation to defend our home."

CCP authorities claim that Taiwan is a rogue province of China that must be united with the mainland at any cost. As such, China's state-owned propaganda organs have <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1272108.shtml">issued</a> articles claiming that Taiwan's territorial waters are actually China's territorial waters.

Despite China's claims, Taiwan has been self-governed since 1949, has never been controlled by the CCP, and boasts a democratic government and thriving market economy.

The White House said that China was positioning itself to take further aggressive actions against Taiwan following the announcement of the exercises, which have effectively <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3187619/china-set-begin-effective-taiwan-blockade-hours-after-nancy">blockaded</a> many important international trade routes to the island.

"China has positioned itself to take further steps, and we expect that they will continue to react over a longer-term horizon," <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/white-house-and-ccp-in-war-of-words-over-pelosis-taiwan-visit_4638473.html">said</a> White House National Security Council communications coordinator John Kirby during an Aug. 2 press briefing. "The United States will not seek and does not want a crisis. [But] we are prepared to manage what Beijing chooses to do."

"What we've seen thus far is consistent with the playbook that we expected them to run," Kirby added.
<h2>US and China at Loggerheads over Status Quo</h2>
The CCP's escalations in the region follows a highly-publicized <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/pelosi-arrives-in-taiwan-amid-chinese-threats-of-military-violence_4637871.html">visit</a> to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which the CCP leadership loudly <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/xi-to-biden-us-playing-with-fire-on-taiwan_4627968.html">protested</a>. Both China and the United States have used the ensuing tensions to accuse one another of unilaterally attempting to change the <em>status quo</em> regarding Taiwan.

The United States maintains a One China Policy, which acknowledges but does not endorse the CCP's principle that there is one inalienable China of which Taiwan is a part. It is also bound by treaty to supply Taiwan with the arms necessary for Taiwan to defend its <em>de facto</em> independence. Further, the documents which form the basis of China and the United States' agreement on the Taiwan issue demand that neither side seek to unilaterally change the current <em>status quo</em> through force or coercion.

To that end, the CCP has <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/china-will-not-hesitate-to-start-a-war-over-taiwan-chinese-general-tells-us-defense-secretary_4525064.html">said</a> it would "start a war no matter the cost" in order to prevent Taiwan's independence from being recognized on the international stage.

Likewise, however, former U.S. secretary of defense Mark Esper said that the language of the United States' agreements with China indicated that the nation would be willing to go to war to defend Taiwan from a CCP invasion.

"Going back 50 years, our views on this issue [have] been clear in that regard, that this would be a matter of ‘grave concern,’ which is often diplomatic language that we would be willing to go to war over this," Esper <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/one-china-policy-has-outlived-its-usefulness-former-defense-secretary_4623265.html">said</a> during a speech last month.

"It's China that is undermining the One China Policy as all sides have understood it now for 50 years, and it's China changing the <em>status quo</em> through force. Those are just the facts of the matter."

Despite the CCP's claims that Pelosi's visit constituted a "secessionist" push away from the <em>status quo</em>, the White House was quick to note that Congressional delegations visit Taiwan with some frequency, including multiple times this year which received relatively little or no attention from the CCP.

Taiwan's political and military leadership have also defended the visit, and have vowed to defend Taiwan's territory and democratic way of life from CCP aggression.

<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">"We are not eager for a fight, nor will we shy away from one," Taiwan’s Defense Ministry <a href="https://twitter.com/MoNDefense/status/1554744493261275136" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> in a video released on social media. "We have the capacity and the will to uphold our valued liberty and democracy, and maintain our region’s stability."</span>

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/taiwan-pm-warns-china-could-invade-as-chinese-missiles-land-in-nearby-japans-waters_4643194.html">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.

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