Taiwan independence means war – Beijing

China has reacted sharply to rhetoric from politicians in Taipei ahead of a presidential election on the island

China is willing to allow “plenty of space” for peaceful reunification with Taiwan, but will not tolerate separatist activities, government spokesperson Chen Binhua warned on Monday. The official was responding to comments by Taiwanese pro-independence politicians ahead of a presidential election on the self-governing island.

According to media reports, Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim, both from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, recently claimed that the island continues to be threatened by an attack from the mainland.

Lai, who styles himself as a “worker for Taiwanese independence,” is campaigning for office in January’s presidential election and has chosen Hsiao, a former envoy to the US, as his running mate.

Chen, who is spokesperson for China’s State Council for Taiwan Affairs Office, said Beijing will not show leniency toward forces in Taiwan if they promote separatism.

He cited Beijing’s Anti-secession Law of 2005, which reiterated that China sees Taiwan as an inalienable part of its territory. The legislation allows for Beijing to employ arbitrary, non-peaceful means to achieve unification with the island, which has been self-governing since 1949 and the days of the Chinese Civil War.

“I want to emphasize that Taiwan independence means war,” Chen stated as he condemned Lai and Hsiao as separatists. He further accused the pair of distorting the facts and downplaying the risks of separatist activities to deceive voters ahead of the 2024 election.

At a meeting with US President Joe Biden in California earlier this month, Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that Taiwan potentially remains the most dangerous issue in relations between Washington and Beijing.

Under the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act 2022, the US government is authorized to spend up to $2 billion a year in military grant assistance to the island from 2023 to 2027. Taiwan, meanwhile, has more than $14 billion of US military equipment on order.

#RT

NATO ‘slaughtering’ Ukrainians to fight #Russia – #Kremlin

The US-led military bloc was initially conceived as an instrument to confront Russia, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

NATO is sticking to its plan to contain Russia by sacrificing countless Ukrainian lives, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry #Peskov has said. His comments came after the bloc’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg argued that the alliance was trying to prevent further escalation of tensions with Russia.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, #Peskov pointed out that, no matter what statements come out of NATO, the bloc was originally conceived and structured in a way that “essentially make it an instrument of confrontation with #Russia and a means of containing it.”

“So far, the alliance has not abandoned its plans to contain Russia and slaughter the Ukrainian people as ritual victims in the fight against Russia,” #Peskov said, noting that #Moscow was planning its course of action taking these realities into account.

During a press conference ahead of the meetings of NATO foreign ministers on Monday, Stoltenberg said the two main goals of the organization were the continued support of Kiev and preventing an escalation of the conflict that could lead to “a full-fledged war between Russia and NATO.”

One way the US-led bloc is preventing this from happening, according to Stoltenberg, is by sending a “clear signal” to #Moscow that the alliance is ready to defend its territory by building up its armed forces on its eastern borders.

“We are doing this not to provoke a conflict, but to prevent it,” the NATO secretary general claimed.

Meanwhile, he also noted that the failure of Ukraine’s army to move the front line during its much-touted counteroffensive, despite “unprecedented” Western support, has shown that the bloc must “never underestimate #Russia .”

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So far, Kiev is believed to have lost as many as 103,000 troops since launching the ill-fated counteroffensive, according to the latest estimates by Russia’s Defense Ministry.

With Ukraine’s forces seemingly unable to reclaim lost territories, a growing number of Western officials have suggested that Kiev may have to seek a peace deal with #Russia and concede its former territories.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has also suggested in an interview with Fox News that the conflict with #Russia could be stopped if Kiev conceded Donbass and Crimea, but claimed that the country was “not ready” for such a peace deal.

#Russia has for decades decried NATO’s expansion towards its borders, calling it a direct national security threat. Russian #President Vladimir #Putin has also repeatedly cited Ukraine’s potential accession to the US-led bloc as one of the key triggers for the military operation against Kiev.

#Moscow has also insisted that the continued supply of Western weapons to Ukraine served as proof that the US and its NATO allies were waging a proxy war against #Russia .

#RT

US ‘blind’ to Ukrainian terrorism – #Zakharova to RT

Washington is ultimately responsible for Kiev’s attacks on civilians, the #Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said

The US created the “regime” of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, as such it is expected that Washington will ignore Kiev’s terrorist tactics in its conflict with Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova has claimed in an interview with #RT .

The US condemns terrorism carried out by Palestinian militant movement Hamas, but condones Kiev, #Zakharova pointed out, commenting on a recent article in the Washington Post by US President Joe Biden.

The spokeswoman said it exemplified American double standards, which she called “the key problem.”

“The Biden administration was the one that created the Zelensky regime. Moreover, it fed it with money, weapons and, what was most awful, the sense of impunity,” #Zakharova claimed.

Contrary to Washington’s assertions, Ukraine invests the money and weapons it receives from foreign backers not in the defense of democracy, but to attack non-combatants, including through acts of terrorism, she alleged.

The opinion piece attributed to Biden was published two weeks ago, and described Hamas and Russian President Vladimir Putin as two challenges that Washington must tackle.

“Both Putin and Hamas are fighting to wipe a neighboring democracy off the map. And both Putin and Hamas hope to collapse broader regional stability and integration and take advantage of the ensuing disorder,” the US president claimed.
Zakharova called the article “a mixture of truth and fiction,” and said it had misrepresented Moscow’s position. Russia suffered from international terrorism in the 1990s, so it rejects “any form of terrorist actions” as a matter of principle, the diplomat added.
Moscow has accused Kiev of numerous terrorist attacks, including two bombings of the Crimean Bridge, in which civilians were killed, as well as the targeted assassinations of Russian public figures, including journalist Darya Dugina and military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.

Ukraine has effectively claimed responsibility for the bridge bombings, arguing that the infrastructure is a military target and pledging more attacks. Western media have also confirmed that the CIA-funded Ukrainian intelligence services were behind the assassinations of Russian public figures.

#Zakharova accused the West of encouraging bloodshed in Ukraine, citing the failed peace talks with Kiev in spring 2022.
“It was the West, particularly Washington and London, which blocked, literally prohibited Ukraine from negotiating with our side,” the spokeswoman said. “Why? Because talks are a path to peace, de-escalation and ceasefire. And they did not want those.”

Ukrainian MP David Arakhamia, who heads the parliamentary faction of Zelensky’s party, confirmed last week that then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had derailed a proposed truce, telling Kiev “to just make war.”

The Russian diplomat further claimed that the US benefits from chaos and violence in various parts of the world, including the current conflict in the Middle East.

#RT

новые санкции ЕС позволят забрать у россиян арену в Финляндии

В рамках санкций против РФ Евросоюз может предусмотреть изъятие арены в Финляндии

Финская пресса сообщает о возможном включении в новый пакет санкций Евросоюза против России мер, которые позволят экспроприировать арену Helsinki Hall, принадлежащую российским бизнесменам в Финляндии. Очередной пакет ограничений запланирован на декабрь.

Как сообщает агентство STT, новые санкции ЕС могут в том числе включать возможность продажи замороженных активов в качестве исключения, что тем самым сделает допустимым реализацию арены. При этом деньги от продажи все равно останутся в статусе замороженных, подчеркнуло СМИ.

Власти Финляндии ищут варианты перевода под свой контроль стадиона Helsinki Hall, принадлежащего российским бизнесменам. Около 45% акций стадиона, ранее известного как Hartwall Arena, находятся в собственности российских предпринимателей Романа Ротенберга и Геннадия Тимченко. Согласно реестру акционеров стадиона, общее число владельцев арены составляет 562 человека, однако принимать ключевые решения независимо от остальных могут только Ротенберг и Тимченко.

Арена Helsinki Hall, известная так же как Hartwall Arena, – одна из крупнейших в Финляндии, она предназначена для проведения различных культурных и спортивных мероприятий, включая хоккейные матчи и концерты. С 2013 года крупнейшая крытая арена финской столицы принадлежит гражданам России.

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