Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen had a New Year message for China on Saturday: military conflict is not the answer, but Beijing responded with a stern warning that if Taiwan crossed any red line it would lead to “profound catastrophe”.

“We must remind the Beijing authorities not to misjudge the situation and to prevent the internal expansion of’military adventurism,'” Tsai said in her live-streamed New Year’s address on Saturday.

In the last two years, China has increased military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan to assert its sovereignty claims.

In his New Year’s address the day before, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the complete unification of “the motherland” was an aspiration shared by people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan claims independence and has vowed to defend its freedom and democracy on numerous occasions.

Tsai stated, “Military conflicts would have an impact on economic stability.” “Maintaining regional peace and stability is a shared responsibility between our two sides.”

Tsai stated that Taiwan’s policy has always been “to not succumb when under pressure and to not rush forward when receiving support.”

Tsai said that in order to find peaceful solutions to problems in the region, both Taipei and Beijing must “work hard to take care of people’s livelihoods and calm the hearts of the people.”

Tsai also stated that Taiwan would continue to monitor the situation in Hong Kong, noting that interference in the recent legislative election as well as the recent arrests of senior staff from the pro-democracy news outlet Stand News “made people worry even more about human rights and freedom of speech in Hong Kong.”

For the first time, China establishes an embassy in Nicaragua. For the first time since 1990, China opened an embassy in Nicaragua on Friday, just over three weeks after President Daniel Ortega’s government severed ties with Taiwan.

Denis Moncada, the French foreign minister, stated that the two countries share “ideological affinity.” Moncada also expressed gratitude to China for providing a million doses of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine.

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