Originally published by Gatestone Institute
Commentary
On June 21, China’s People’s Daily reported that the United States and Taiwan were about to participate in the annual Monterey Talks. The U.S. side, China’s most authoritative publication stated, was expected to offer 20 types of weapons for sale to Taiwan, “with emphasis on building ‘asymmetric capability.’”
Taiwan, which the People’s Republic of China claims as its 34th province, already has asymmetric capabilities, and one of them could be as powerful as a nuclear weapon.
Beijing maintains that Taiwan cannot defend itself. “Military expert Song Zhongping said it is impossible for Taiwan to form ‘asymmetric capabilities,’ no matter what kind of weapons it purchases from the U.S. as the gap between the military capacities of the two sides is ‘too huge,’” People’s Daily, a Communist Party newspaper, reported….