The most urgent and serious threats are against countries near China’s borders: John Cornyn
Washington:
China is engaged in a “border war” with India and poses a serious threat to its neighbors, top Republican lawmaker John Cornyn has told the US Senate. Ky, detailed his visit to New Delhi and Southeast Asia to understand the challenges the countries face. in the area.
Senator John Cornyn, Co-Chair of the Indian Caucasus Conference, and his Congressional colleagues have just returned from a visit to India and Southeast Asia during which they had first-hand experience about the challenges China is posing.
“The most pressing and serious threats are against countries near China’s borders,” Cornyn told members of the Senate on Tuesday.
“Last week, I had the opportunity to lead a congressional delegation to visit Southeast Asia to better understand the threats and challenges in the region,” he said.
“China (China) threatens freedom of navigation in international waters and commits human rights violations against its own people, specifically the Muslim minority Uyghurs. aka Taiwan. ,” said Cornyn.
Cornyn said that they had traveled to India, where “we met with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and Cabinet officials to discuss threats from China as well as other shared priorities.”
The border conflict between the Indian and Chinese militaries broke out on 5 May last year after a violent clash in the Pangong Lake area and both sides gradually increased their deployments by piling up tens of thousands of troops. soldiers as well as heavy weapons.
As a result of a series of diplomatic and military negotiations, the two sides completed the division in the Gogra area in August and on the north and south shores of Pangong Lake in February.
However, India and China failed to make any progress at the 13th round of military talks on October 10 in resolving the stalemate in the remaining conflict points east of Ladakh.
In the Philippines, he said, they encountered a naval plane sailing over disputed waters.
Within minutes of leaving Philippine airspace, they spotted a Chinese spy ship engaged in intelligence-gathering operations off the Philippine coast.
Cornyn said that during the visit, “one of the main themes was the timetable for China’s invasion of Taiwan.”
“In every way possible, Taiwan is the complete opposite of the People’s Republic of China. It’s a true democracy, with elections whose outcome is not predetermined. It’s an economy. the free market abides by the rule of law, and so do the fundamental values that we accept in the United States – freedom of speech, freedom of the press, religion and assembly,” he said.
During the trip, Cornyn said he and his colleagues had the opportunity to hear from military leaders and key foreign partners in the region and gain insight into ongoing security threats. out and is expected mainly from China.
China co-opted a former democratic Hong Kong; that is building missile batteries and runways for their bombers on artificial islands in the South China Sea, he said.
Beijing claims almost all of the 1.3 million square miles of the South China Sea, through which trillions of dollars of international trade passes each year. China has been building military bases on artificial islands in the area claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
China has impeded commercial activities such as fishing or mineral exploration by countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines, claiming that ownership of the territory has belonged to China for hundreds of years.
Over the past five years, China has rapidly built artificial islands containing vital military infrastructure on low-lying reefs. The United States has criticized China for militarizing the islands by building long runways for jet fighters and deploying anti-aircraft missiles.
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