Beijing, China - As Taiwan struggles amid a global oil crisis, Beijing on Wednesday offered to provide Taipei with energy security as long as it agrees to reunify with China.

In a statement to reporters in Beijing on Wednesday, China's Taiwan Affairs Office Spokesperson Chen Binhua said that "peaceful reunification" with Beijing is critical if Taipei wants to protect its energy and resource security.

"We are willing to provide Taiwan compatriots with stable and reliable energy and resource security so that they may live better lives," Chen said in response to a reporter's question about Taiwan's energy crisis.

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Taiwan currently receives a third of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar and receives none of its energy from China. As a result, Taipei has been forced to scramble to secure alternative supplies from allies such as the US.

Chen's comments come after days of verbal spats between China and Taiwan, which were triggered when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that reunification is a historic inevitability.

In a statement responding to Wang's comments, Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry urged Beijing to "uphold regional peace and stability, stop misleading the international community, and immediately cease its repeated and unwarranted provocations."

"Cross-strait relations will only be improved when China adopts a responsible attitude and engages in reasonable, rational, respectful, and equitable dialogue."

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Wednesday responded to Taipei by laying out an alternative version of history and accusing President Lai Ching-te of "selling Taiwan out to ingratiate with Japan, seeking 'Taiwan independence,' and making provocations."