Mr. Cornyn, who is also the co-chair of the India Caucus, and his congressional colleagues have just returned from a trip to India and Southeast Asia, where they had firsthand experience of the challenges posed by China.
China is Indulging in a “border war” with India and pose a serious threat to its neighbours, top Republican lawmaker John Cornyn has told the US Senate, detailing his visit to New Delhi and Southeast Asia to understand the challenges facing countries in the region. Happened.
Senator Mr Cornyn, who is also the co-chair of the India Caucus, and his congressional aides have just returned from a trip to India and South-East Asia, in which they had firsthand experience of the challenges posed by China.
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“The most urgent and serious threats are against countries close to China’s borders,” Mr Cornyn told members of the Senate on Tuesday.
“Last week, I had the opportunity to lead a congressional delegation visiting Southeast Asia to gain a better understanding of the threats and challenges in the region,” he said.
“It (China) threatens freedom of navigation in international waters, and it is guilty of blatant human rights abuses against its own people, the Muslim minority Uighurs. It is engaged in a border war with India and it is China Threatens to invade the republic, otherwise known as Taiwan,” Mr Cornyn said.
Mr Cornyn said he traveled to India where “we met with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and cabinet officials to discuss the threats posed by China as well as other shared priorities.” border standoff Violent clashes erupted between Indian and Chinese armies on May 5 last year in the Pangong Lake areas and both sides gradually increased their deployment with thousands of troops as well as heavy weapons.
As a result of a series of military and diplomatic talks, the two sides completed the demilitarization process in the Gogra region in August and on the north and south banks of Pangong Lake in February.
However, India and China failed to make any progress in resolving the standoff over the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh in their 13th round of military talks on 10 October.
In the Philippines, he said, he took a ride on a Navy plane in disputed waters.
Within minutes of leaving Philippine airspace, he saw a Chinese spy ship engaged in intelligence-gathering operations off the Philippine coast.
threat to taiwan
Mr Cornyn said that during the visit, “one of the main themes was the timetable for Chinese invasion of Taiwan“In every way possible, Taiwan is the exact opposite of the People’s Republic of China. It is a true democracy, with no pre-determined elections. It is a free market economy that follows the rule of law, and it shares those same core values.” that we embrace in the United States – freedom of speech, freedom of the press, religion and assembly,” he said.
During the visit, Mr. Cornyn said he and his colleagues had the opportunity to hear from the military leadership and key foreign partners in the region and gain a better understanding of the ongoing and anticipated security threats, primarily from China.
China has already co-opted a former democratic Hong Kong; It is building missile batteries and aircraft runways for its bombers on artificial islands in the South China Sea, he said.
Beijing claims about 1.3 million square miles of the South China Sea, through which trillions of dollars of international trade passes each year. China is building military bases on artificial islands in a region that Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also claim.
China has hindered commercial activities such as fishing or mineral exploration by countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines, claiming that the area has been owned by China for hundreds of years.
In the past five years, China has increasingly built artificial islands, which are housing important military infrastructure, on low-lying reefs. The United States has criticized China for militarizing the islands by building long runways used by jet fighters and deploying anti-aircraft missiles.
The US insists that freedom of navigation in the South China Sea must be maintained and is sending military flights, naval patrols and training missions around the strategically important region.
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