MAC COMMENTS ON U.S. REPORT ON CHINA'S MILITARY POWER
Central News Agency
2005-07-20 22:45:37
Taipei, July 20 (CNA) The Cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Wednesday that various evaluations in the Pentagon report on China's military power are in line with the Taiwan government's perceptions.
In its 2005 report on China's military power, the U.S. Department of Defense made in-depth evaluations concerning Beijing's military intimidation and political ambitions toward Taiwan, as well as the possible impact of its military buildup on regional stability, MAC Chairman Joseph Wu said.
There are several points worthy of attention in the report, Wu said. For example, it says that China's continuing military expansion poses a great threat toward the situation in the Taiwan Strait and regional stability, as does China's enactment of the Anti-Secession Law targeting Taiwan.
The report not only reiterates U.S. opposition to any unilateral change in the cross-strait status quo but also indicates that the U.S. government will continue to supply Taiwan with arms to improve the current military imbalance between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, Wu said.
The Pentagon report also points out that the "one China" principle and the "one country, two systems" formula will continue to be the major framework of Beijing's Taiwan policy and that the Beijing authorities will continue to refuse to renounce the use of military force to resolve the Taiwan issue, according to Wu.
Wu said that while peace and development are the major thrusts of the government's current cross-strait policy, in the face of China's rising military intimidation, Taiwan will upgrade its defense capabilities and seek to strengthen security cooperation with the United States and Japan.
(By Luis Huang)
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