{"id":12032,"date":"2021-10-14T08:33:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T00:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12032"},"modified":"2021-10-14T08:33:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T00:33:22","slug":"china-does-not-need-to-use-force-on-taiwan-vladimir-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12032","title":{"rendered":"China does not need to use force on Taiwan – Vladimir Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Moscow, Russia Oct 14 — China \u201cdoes not need to use force\u201d in order to achieve its desired \u201creunification\u201d with Taiwan, Russian President\u00a0Vladimir Putin\u00a0said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese President\u00a0Xi Jinping\u00a0last week vowed to realize his aim of bringing the democratically run island nation of 24 million people under Beijing\u2019s control by peaceful means, following a week of simmering tensions in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province, while Taiwan has expressed a desire to pursue formal independence, having ruled itself since splitting from the mainland in 1949 following a protracted civil war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taiwan\u2019s President Tsai Ing-wen responded\u00a0in a speech Sunday, announcing that her government would invest in bolstering its military capabilities in order to \u201cdemonstrate our determination to defend ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the Russian Energy Week conference in Moscow, Putin pointed to Xi\u2019s comments suggesting the possibility of peaceful unification, and China\u2019s \u201cphilosophy of statehood,\u201d to suggest that there is no threat of military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI think China does not need to use force. China is a huge powerful economy, and in terms of purchasing parity, China is the economy number one in the world ahead of the United States now,\u201d the Russian president said, according to a translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy increasing this economic potential, China is capable of implementing its national objectives. I do not see any threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putin also addressed tense relations over the South China Sea, where Russia has tried to maintain a neutral stance toward China\u2019s long-standing and internationally repudiated claim to vast swathes of nearby waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs for the South China Sea, yes, there are some conflicting and contradictory interests but the position of Russia is based on the fact that we need to provide an opportunity for all countries in the region, without interference from the non-regional powers, to have a proper conversation based on the fundamental norms of international law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt should be a process of negotiations, that\u2019s how we should resolve any arguments, and I believe there is a potential for that, but it has not been fully used so far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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