Ipse by Tag - People's Liberation Army

Wei Fenghe

Inserted 1 year ago

“If anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese army will definitely not hesitate to start a war no matter the cost. The PLA [People's Liberation Army] would have no choice but to fight … and crush any attempt of Taiwan independence, safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Aljazeera

Chinese Defence Minister

10 Jun 2022 5 3

Chieh Chung

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Hsiung Sheng could reach most bases under the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command, including those near Shanghai and the province of Zhejiang. It could greatly boost the national army's capacity to delay or paralyze the communist forces' pace of an invasion of Taiwan, making it hard for them to achieve a rapid war.”

Taipeitimes

Senior national security researcher at the National Policy Foundation (think tank in Taipei)

22 Apr 2022 7 4

Jin Canrong

Inserted 2 years ago

“Once the National Congress of the Communist Party of China is over in the fall of 2022, the scenario of armed unification will move toward becoming a reality. It is very likely that the leadership will move toward armed unification by 2027, the 100th anniversary of the PLA's [People's Liberation Army] founding.”

Taiwannews

Associate dean of the Renmin University of China's School of International Studies

06 Feb 2022 4 4

Taiwan's Defense Ministry

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Chinese People's Liberation Army [PLA] also aims to complete the modernization of its forces by 2035 to obtain superiority in possible operations against Taiwan and viable capabilities to deny foreign forces, posing a grave challenge to our national security. At present, the PLA is capable of performing [a] local joint blockade against our critical harbors, airports, and outbound flight routes, to cut off our air and sea lines of communication and impact the flow of our military supplies and logistic resources. Its intimidating behavior does not only consume our combat power and shake our faith and morale, but also attempts to alter or challenge the status quo in the Taiwan Strait to ultimately achieve its goal of 'seizing Taiwan without a fight'.”

Taipeitimes

Report by Taiwan's Defense Ministry

09 Nov 2021 4 4

Xiang Lu

Inserted 2 years ago

“So far, not a single US government official has spelt what 'defending Taiwan' means if done by the US. Does it mean sending US troops to confront the PLA [People's Liberation Army]? No one has ever explained in detail. Ambiguity still exists, and no one dares to explain it clearly. Even if China is not yet a lion, it is at least a strong bull today. The US said it would engage China from a position of strength. China can totally say exactly the same.”

Globaltimes

Specialist on US affairs at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

22 Oct 2021 5 7

Chiu Kuo-cheng

Inserted 2 years ago

“The People's Liberation Army (PLA) currently has the ability to invade Taiwan but indicated that it probably will not immediately attack unless provoked because it would have to pay a price. By 2025, China's costs and attrition will be brought to the lowest level and it will have the ability to launch a full-scale invasion of Taiwan.”

Taiwannews

Taiwan's Minister of National Defense

06 Oct 2021 4 5

Gerald Brown

Inserted 2 years ago

“The use of J-16 fighter jets also overtook reconnaissance planes as the most common aircraft in the People's Liberation Army sorties. While the timing of the weekend's activity with China's national day was not surprising, the size of the missions caught people off guard. The PLA [People's Liberation Army] doest exactly go and roll out the specific details on why they're doing things. People focus a lot on the signalling side of things, and usually with the larger incursions there is a signalling component, but more often it's about intelligence gathering, wearing down Taiwan's air force, and pilot training.”

Theguardian

Defense analyst based in Washington DC

04 Oct 2021 10 3

Zhongping Song

Inserted 2 years ago

“The PLA [People's Liberation Army] is increasing the scale of exercises near the island of Taiwan, and this is normal and routine. The PLA needs more deployment to deter the armed forces on the island and foreign interference, so it is necessary that related drills become of larger scale. Friday is National Day in the mainland, and the PLA's exercise displayed its capability in safeguarding national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, which is a very practical way to celebrate the day.”

Globaltimes

Chinese mainland military expert and TV commentator

02 Oct 2021 6 3

Zhou Chenming

Inserted 2 years ago

“The replacement of weapon systems and equipment in the Western Theatre Command has been accelerated in recent years, thanks to tensions with India over border disputes. The PLA [People's Liberation Army] wants to use the weapon upgrades to warn their Indian counterparts, reminding India that the Chinese military has a certain advantage over India in weapons technology with the aim of preventing any more conflict.”

Koreatimes

Researcher from the Yuan Wang think tank, Beijing-based military science and technology institute

20 Sep 2021 7 4

Zhongping Song

Inserted 2 years ago

“The US warship's transit through the Taiwan Straits is about sending a provocative message, and to encourage Taiwan secessionism, but the US military is not ready for a war with the PLA. So the PLA's [People's Liberation Army] action in the region is not just targeting any specific move made by the US, because the US' intention is clear, and what the PLA is doing is about preparing for the worst case scenario - an all-out military intervention made by US and its allies, and only by doing so, the PLA will be able to defeat all kinds of enemies, especially the foreign interventionist forces, when China launches an operation to reunify Taiwan with the mainland. There is no secret that the military exercises the PLA has conducted around Taiwan are targeting secessionist forces on the island and any foreign forces that support them. We can openly tell them that we are treating them as simulated enemies during those relevant military exercises.”

Globaltimes

Chinese mainland military expert and TV commentator

18 Sep 2021 9 7

Shi Yi

Inserted 2 years ago

“The PLA [People's Liberation Army] has organized troops to follow, supervise and monitor the US ship throughout its passage in the Taiwan Straits. These frequent provocations fully prove that the US is undermining the peace and stability of the Taiwan Straits, and creating risks in the region. The troops of the command theater remain on high alert all the time, and will firmly safeguard the security of national sovereignty and the peace and stability of the region.”

Globaltimes

Chinese Senior Colonel and spokesperson of the Eastern Theater Command

18 Sep 2021 6 4

Xu Guangyu

Inserted 2 years ago

“The PLA [People's Liberation Army] warships displayed China's determination and capability to countries like Japan and the US, which attempt to interfere in the Taiwan question. The moves will help safeguard peace and stability in the region by deterring Japanese right-wing forces and Taiwan secessionists.”

Globaltimes

Senior adviser to the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association

09 Sep 2021 7 4

Zhongping Song

Inserted 2 years ago

“With the Chinese mainland in mind, the island of Taiwan has been developing missiles for a while, but its technologies are not sufficient to develop advanced missiles that are meaningful enough to change the military power balance between the mainland and the island. For the armed forces on the island, this will only draw fire onto themselves, because the missiles will very likely become the first targets the PLA [People's Liberation Army] attacks if a conflict breaks out.”

Globaltimes

Chinese mainland military expert and TV commentator

22 Aug 2021 3 3

Shi Yi

Inserted 2 years ago

“The PLA [People's Liberation Army] Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday dispatched warships, anti-submarine warfare aircraft and fighter jets in surrounding maritime and aerial areas near the southwest and southeast directions of the island of Taiwan for military exercises, including joint live-fire assaults, and also for testing the troops' integrated joint operation capabilities. The US and the Taiwan authorities have been frequently colluding and making provocations, sending wrong signals and severely violating China's sovereignty and seriously damaging peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits. They have become the biggest security risk in the region. The PLA Eastern Theater Command will continue to boost its war preparedness and related training, and is determined to crush and capable of crushing any 'Taiwan independence' secessionist activities and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Globaltimes

Chinese Senior Colonel and spokesperson of the Eastern Theater Command

17 Aug 2021 5 5

Oriana Skylar Mastro

Inserted 2 years ago

“Ultimately, on the question of whether China will use force, Chinese leaders' perceptions of their chances of victory will matter more than their actual chances of victory. For that reason, it is bad news that Chinese analysts and officials increasingly express confidence that the PLA [People's Liberation Army] is well prepared for a military confrontation with the United States over Taiwan. Although Chinese strategists acknowledge the United States' general military superiority, many have come to believe that because China is closer to Taiwan and cares about it more, the local balance of power tips in Beijing's favor.”

Foreignaffairs

Fellow at Stanford University who specialises in Chinese military and security policy

03 Jun 2021 (approx) 5 6

Michael Tsai

Inserted 3 years ago

“If Taiwan was attacked by the PLA [People's Liberation Army], more than two-thirds of young people would take affirmative action to resist Chinese action. Taiwan is a free and democratic country. We like to live in a peaceful coexistence with China but if we were attacked we have to react for some defences. Of course, will suffer a lot. Many young people will lose their life, but so will the PLA.”

Aljazeera

Taiwan’s vice minister of defence and then minister of defence between 2004 and 2008

14 Apr 2021 3 3

Eric Lee

Inserted 3 years ago

“The (Chinese Communist Party's) hopes for unification with Taiwan have been clear for decades, and Xi Jinping has made clear during his term that use of force is on the table. This challenge is nothing new. Rather, it reflects an updated threat perception of the CCP and PLA [People's Liberation Army] in the context of US strategic competition with China.”

Aljazeera

Research associate at the Project 2049 Institute in Arlington - Virginia

14 Apr 2021 7 4

Zhongping Song

Inserted 3 years ago

“The reason behind the tensions and large-scale PLA [People's Liberation Army] exercises around Taiwan is the collusion of Taiwan secessionists and the US, which has been challenging the one-China principle. It is the US and DPP [Democratic Progressive Party] authorities that have been changing the cross-Straits status quo, and the PLA had to respond. In extreme circumstance when Taiwan secessionists act to trigger the secessionism button, a large-scale confrontation or even war could break out, and such situation is to be forcefully imposed on the people on both sides of the Straits by the US and Taiwan secessionists. That is why the PLA must effectively deter them and maintain peace.”

Globaltimes

Hong Kong-based military commentator

08 Apr 2021 7 4

Zhongping Song

Inserted 3 years ago

“In a scenario of a military conflict, the PLA will likely surround the Taiwan island from all directions with large fleets, including aircraft carrier combat groups, and then attack possible reinforcements from the US and Japan. The island is very close to the Chinese mainland, meaning it is entirely covered by PLA strike range. The Friday exercise likely practiced this blockade, in which the PLA seized air superiority and control of sea from Taiwan's forces, and then defend against foreign interventions.”

Globaltimes

Hong Kong-based military commentator

28 Mar 2021 5 4

Xi Jinping

Inserted 3 years ago

“The entire army needs to strengthen its performance so as to do a good job of ensuring a good start to the 14th Five-Year Plan, and of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party. The PLA [People's Liberation Army] had, during the course of 2020, strengthened military training and preparations for war ... and basically met its targets for national defense and military development for 2020. We should persist in using combat to guide our work; step up preparations for war ... as well as developing a top-level strategic deterrent and joint forces combat system. China's security situation is highly unstable and uncertain, and the whole army must be prepared to deal with a complicated situation at any time.”

Rfa

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

10 Mar 2021 2 3

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