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Beijing Overreacts at Being Left Out of US-led Democracy Summit

December 15, 2021
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Commentary Beijing is furious these days. The United States recently held a democracy summit and invited over 100 countries—including Taiwan—to attend the event. However, China was not invited and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) didn’t seem to take it well. But the CCP’s response is noteworthy. Taiwan’s invitation to the summit had long been expected….

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Taiwanese Minister’s Disappearing Slide at US Democracy Summit Causes a Stir

December 14, 2021
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The temporary cut to a Taiwan minister’s video feed during U.S. President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy last week caused “confusion,” the U.S. State Department said on Monday. The incident happened after a global map appeared, showing the island of Taiwan in a different color to China. The color-coded map shared by Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang…

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China Warns US After Washington Invites Taiwan to Democracy Summit

November 24, 2021
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—The communist regime in China is angry that Taiwan will take part in a U.S.-led democracy summit alongside 109 other governments in December, after the Biden administration announced an invitation list on Nov. 23. China is not invited to the summit, according to the U.S. State Department’s participation list. Burma (also known as Myanmar),…

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Biden Right to Issue Broad Invitation for Democracy Summit

November 11, 2021
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Commentary President Joe Biden is rightly promoting a democracy summit, but has needlessly excluded some American friends and allies, and failed to sufficiently focus on the growing threat from Beijing. With increasing authoritarianism globally, led by China and its allies, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, the time is right for Biden’s “democracy summit.” The summit,…

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