Well, China goes to the Gulf region and those countries want China to have a position on the disputes of the islands, so China has to make a statement and China says the disputes should be solved peacefully according to UN and international law. China doesnt take to support the UAEs position that the islands belong to UAE or the claims on them, Chinas psition is really neutral except it is said in the Gulf countries meeting.Well , we didn't go to India and Japan and repeat their claims as statement .... That's the definition of nuetualy ...
About weapon, I said 'cheap' weapon ... For sure Taiwan will broke economically in case of full blown war with cummonist party , but cheap easy to use weapon will increase the cost of invading them ...