According to the Nikkei website, the Cupertino-based giant is trying to avoid the delays related to the tightening of customs controls following Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei. Meanwhile, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said in a statement that “the United States is deliberately bringing about the crisis while seeking an excuse to blame others.”
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Tensions between China and Taiwan have not abated after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei. The Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) announced that military maneuvers continue today in sea and airspace around the island and are “focused on organizing joint submarine and naval attack operations.” And according to the Nikkei website — to avoid delays related to China’s harsh tax on customs inspections — Apple would have asked its Taiwanese suppliers to label products from the island as “Made in China,” respecting a rule Beijing is enforcing tries. Time before.
Apple’s choice
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Apple’s decision is related to the fact that after Pelosi’s visit, the phrase “Made in Taiwan” can lead to delays, fines and even refusal of an entire shipment, while the island requires exports named “Taiwan” or ” Taiwan” to be labeled “Republic of China”. GreatFire, an organization campaigning against Chinese online censorship, stressed that the Cupertino giant is not new to such decisions: It actually long ago removed the Taiwan flag from emoji keyboards for users in China and Hong Kong.
The military maneuvers continue
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Taiwan: China simulated attacks on the island
In response to Pelosi’s visit, Beijing initially hinted at a period of military maneuvers from August 4-7. Yesterday, however, the PLA did not release any announcements about the end of operations, although Taiwan’s Ministry of Transport announced a return to normal after the “flight and navigation ban” failed in six of the 7 areas around the island as of noon. The ban on the seventh zone in the waters to the east would remain in effect until 10 a.m. local time (4 in Italy) on Monday 8 August. But the new announcement appears to give the green light for routine drills across the island.
Beijing: “The US is creating the crisis on purpose”
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Why does China want Taiwan? Reasons for the clash with the US. PHOTO
Meanwhile, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said in a statement that the cross-strait tensions “were caused by the United States,” which “must take full responsibility and the grave consequences of all of this.” The spokesman added that Beijing’s countermeasures, “including the suspension of military dialogue at the task force commander level, are justified and correct” amid reports from American media that US military leaders have repeatedly called Chinese counterparts in recent days without receiving an answer reply. “The United States is intentionally creating the crisis while seeking an excuse to blame others, which China firmly denies,” Wu noted. The Chinese side expressed its position “on the relations between the two countries and the two armed forces,” particularly on the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, “but the US side said one thing and did another in support of Pelosi’s visit.” and intentionally creating tensions across the Taiwan Strait. In response, China took eight countermeasures, including cutting off communications between Chinese and US military theater leaders, the Chinese-US Defense Department working meeting, and the Maritime Military Security Consultation Mechanism. “China’s relevant countermeasures are a necessary warning against the United States and Taiwan’s provocation, and the self-defense of national sovereignty and security is absolutely reasonable and appropriate,” the spokesman continued. The bottom line “cannot be broken and communication requires sincerity. We call on the US side to sincerely respect China’s fundamental interests and main concerns, to give up the illusion of ‘using Taiwan to control China’ and not to keep going down the wrong path,” he said. Wu closed.
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Microchips and traffic: the treasure that makes Taiwan indispensable
The foundries of the island claimed by Xi Jinping’s China produce about 64% of the world market’s microchips, which are essential for cars, weapons, smartphones and household appliances. Also centrally located are two of the largest ports in the world, Taipei and Kaoshiung. Exports reached $446 billion in 2021
Small but strategic. For a variety of reasons: from geographic location to leadership in the technology industry. IS Taiwanthe island claimed by China that Xi Jinping would like to see reunited (capital Taipei in the photo)
Political, historical and cultural reasons are pushing Beijing to continue considering Taiwan as part of the union People’s Republic of China. The island has been effectively separated from mainland China since 1949, the end of the Chinese Civil War. Most world powers – including the US and the EU – do not recognize it as independent to this day. But almost all of them entertain you Trade relations and diplomatic relations as if (pictured Chinese President Xi Jinping)
However, the Chinese objectives towards Taiwan would also and above all be motivated by its own economic power. First of all for them microchipindispensable for high-tech industrial sectors such as cars, weapons, household appliances and smartphones