The Chinese Commerce Ministry said on April 18 that Beijing is banning the exports and imports of two U.S. defense contractors, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies, for supplying weapons to Taiwan.

Similarly, if the Chinese regime invaded Taiwan, it is almost certain that it would violate Japan’s sea and airspace. For this reason, Japan’s 2021 defense white paper linked Japan’s national security to that of Taiwan.

The move comes amid growing fear that the Ukraine crisis could be used by the communist regime in China to hasten its designs to seize Taiwan. The regime views the self-ruled island as its own territory to be taken by force if necessary.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has never ruled Taiwan, views the self-governing democracy as a breakaway province and hasn't ruled out the use of force to achieve what it calls “reunification” with the mainland.

Japan’s Preemptive Measure The Taiwan Strait represents another perilous area, prompting Japan to bolster defense capabilities on its southwestern islands.

Tensions over the Taiwan Strait have risen after repeated PLA incursions into Taiwan’s airspace and territorial waters, as well as threats to invade the self-ruled island nation.

“We seek no escalation, nor do antagonize others,” the ministry said on Twitter, adding that the Taiwanese armed forces “are committed” to defending the self-governing island.

The Chinese regime has signaled its intent to seize Taiwan, a self-governing island that Beijing considers part of its territory.

A potential war between the United States and China could happen over Taiwan, if the Chinese Communist Party decides to invade the self-ruled island.

This theory comes as the Chinese communist regime has intensified its effort to change the status quo of the Taiwan Strait by sending increased warplanes to swarm around Taiwan and repeatedly intrude Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ).

Taiwan's defense ministry said it detected a total of 66 Chinese aircraft and 14 Chinese warships conducting joint naval and air exercises around the Taiwan Strait.

Although Beijing has warned for decades that any attempt by Taiwan to seek “independence” means war, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has never actually governed the self-ruled island.

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) soldiers ride a Type 99 155 mm self-propelled howitzer during a live fire exercise at JGSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan on May 22, 2021.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has advocated revising Article 9 from an exclusive focus on self-defense to "proactive defense." Japan is moving from debating strategy to executing it.

BEIJING—China's defense ministry warned on July 24 that it was ready for war if there was a move toward Taiwan's independence and denounced U.S. arms sales to the self-ruled island. This month, the Pentagon said the U.S.

Theatre, Rather Than Threat Pelosi's visit triggered furious responses from the Chinese public and Beijing, who said the trip to the self-ruled island it regards as its territory infringed its sovereignty.

A spokesman for Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force declined to comment.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims the liberal democratic self-ruled island of Taiwan as part of its territory and has threatened to bring the island under its control by force if necessary.

The communist regime in China views self-ruled Taiwan as its territory, to be taken by force if necessary.

The defense budget includes expenditures for the improvement and mass production of the Ground Self-Defense Force’s surface-to-ship guided missiles, which are expected to be a key component of Japan’s counterstrike capabilities.

BEIJING—A formation of Chinese warships has been holding daily combat drills for more than a week in waters near Taiwan, China's state media said on June 26, amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island. The news comes as U.S.

For its part, Taiwan has been self-governing since 1949 and has never been controlled by the CCP.

The exercise with the Reagan strike group, which began on Saturday, involves vessels sailing from the Bashi Channel, which separates the Philippines and Taiwan, to seas around Japan's southwest island nearer to North Korea, Japan's Maritime Self Defense

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine and a U.S. Navy destroyer pictured in their first joint anti-submarine drill in the South China Sea, on Nov. 16, 2021.

For the past year, Beijing has ratcheted up its military aggression toward Taiwan, sending military aircraft near the self-ruled island on a near-daily basis.

Two other arms purchases have also been delayed—M109A6 Medium Self-Propelled Howitzer artillery systems, and mobile Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is aiming to take over Taiwan, believing that the self-ruled island is a renegade province.

Beijing claims the self-ruled island of Taiwan as part of its territory.

Last month, the United States sent Navy and Coast Guard ships through the Taiwan Strait. The passages upset China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory.