Beijing is warning Taipei as elections are about to be held on the island of Taiwan

The presidential and parliamentary elections in Taiwan are scheduled for January 13, while relations between Taipei and Beijing have deteriorated to a level that had never been seen again in recent years. Taiwan is a self-governing island that China considers part of its territory and a military attack would be a last resort in efforts to reunite it with the motherland. It is related to this matter that, in recent months, China has been carrying out regular military exercises in the area to exert pressure and confirm the claims of ownership of the island. It is for that reason that China in recent weeks is calling the next election in Taiwan a choice between war and peace. Flags of China and Taiwan In China's latest warning to Taiwan, Zhang Zhijun, head of the Taiwan Gate Relations Association and head of the Taiwan Affairs Office from 2013 to 2018, pointed out on Wednesday the negative results of the election in Taiwan and urged the people of the area to be careful in the election. He described the election as a choice between war and peace, prosperity and collapse. Zhang added that Taiwan's patriotism should be built on history and the right choices to promote relations and return the island to the right path of development and peace. President Xi Jinping of China, in his speech he gave on Sunday in celebration of the new year, said that the reunification of the island of Taiwan with China is an urgent matter, and emphasized that reunification with the motherland is inevitable. Xi Jinping added that people from all sides of the Taiwan Strait should unite under one goal and strive to improve the welfare of one China. China's new pressure against Taiwan comes as the region's presidential and parliamentary elections are about to take place, with Beijing angered by Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party and its presidential candidate, Lai Ching-te, who has a high position. beyond winning the election and who China believes has separatist tendencies. Lai Ching-te, the current vice president and presidential candidate of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has repeatedly insisted that he has no plans to change the official name of the island, ie "Republic of China". , and that only the people of Taiwan can decide on their future. Tsai Ing-wen, the regional president of Taiwan, who is supported by Western countries, says that the island's relationship with China will only be decided by the people and that any kind of peace agreement should be built on the foundations of humanity and mutual respect. Ing Wen believes that China should respect the results of the upcoming elections in Taiwan and that both sides have a responsibility to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan has been accusing China of trying to disrupt the island's election results by spreading fake news or exerting commercial and military pressure. However, senior Chinese officials insist that Taiwan is in a difficult situation and that any move to secede would mean war. When Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan In fact, China in recent years has expressed its concern about the secessionist movement of the self-governing island of Taiwan, and warned about the efforts made by Taipei to develop diplomatic relations with other countries saying that the issue is a source of tension. As the trip of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives to Taiwan in 2022 increased the tension between Beijing and Western countries and forced China to conduct large-scale military exercises around the island. In addition, last year, the meeting held between the President of Taiwan and Kevin McCarthy, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives who was removed from power, in California, aroused China's anger and led it to conduct a three-day military exercise near the island of Taiwan. On the other hand, China's military actions along the island have made Western countries give an answer where the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has said that in the event of a war, he will send American troops to the area to protect Taiwan. In response, the President of China has asked the United States to "respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country" in accordance with the bilateral agreement.