Category: Special Topics

China’s Response to Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Is Just ‘Empty Threats’: Former State Department Official

July 28, 2022
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A proposed trip to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spurred something of a diplomatic event this week, as administration officials and experts publicly disagreed on the utility of the trip amid increased threats from communist China. The White House subsequently clarified that Pelosi was receiving standard military input on the security situation in relation…

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Japan Discusses Preparations for Conflict in a Rare Visit to Taiwan

July 28, 2022
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A high-level Japanese delegation visited Taiwan to discuss preparations for potential conflicts as the self-governed island is bearing increased military pressures from the communist regime in Beijing. “We need to think ahead about what kind of situations could happen,” Shigeru Ishiba, lawmaker and former Japanese defense minister, said during a meeting with Taiwan President Tsai…

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Pelosi’s Proposed Taiwan Trip Wins Bipartisan Support

July 28, 2022
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U.S. Congress is rallying behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential trip to Taiwan in seemingly bipartisan unity as lawmakers on both sides urge her to visit the self-governing island democracy despite warnings from China. The move has seen a rare intraparty rift emerging with President Joe Biden, who is wary about escalating tensions with China’s…

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House Speaker Pelosi Invites Senior Lawmakers to Join Taiwan Trip: NBC Report

July 28, 2022
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has invited at least three lawmakers to join her planned trip to Taiwan, according to some contacts familiar with the matter, NBC News reported. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas.), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in an interview at the U.S. Capitol that he and Committee Chairman…

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Xi to Biden: US ‘Playing With Fire’ on Taiwan

July 28, 2022
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President Joe Biden held a phone call with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping on July 28. The call was the fifth of its kind between Biden and Xi, and lasted well over two hours. The call came amid a myriad of tensions that have caused Sino-American relations to fall to their lowest…

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China’s Xi Threatens United States in 2-hour Phone Call: ‘Playing With Fire Will Set You on Fire’

July 28, 2022
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President Joe Biden held a phone call with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping on July 28. The call was the fifth of its kind between Biden and Xi and lasted more than two hours. The call comes amid a myriad of tensions that have caused Sino–U.S. relations to fall to their lowest point…

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China’s Xi Threatens US Over Taiwan in 2-Hour Phone Call: ‘Playing With Fire Will Set You on Fire’

July 28, 2022
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President Joe Biden held a phone call with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping on July 28. The call was the fifth of its kind between Biden and Xi and lasted more than two hours. The call comes amid a myriad of tensions that have caused Sino–U.S. relations to fall to their lowest point…

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China’s Xi Threatens Biden Over Taiwan in 2-Hour Phone Call: ‘Playing With Fire Will Set You on Fire’

July 28, 2022
Asia & PacificbidenCCPChinaChinese RegimeExecutive BranchInternational RelationsNational SecurityPoliticsSpecial TopicsTaiwanThreat from Communist ChinaUSUS NewsUS-China relationsWorldXi
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President Joe Biden held a phone call with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping on July 28. The call was the fifth of its kind between Biden and Xi and lasted more than two hours. The call comes amid a myriad of tensions that have caused Sino–U.S. relations to fall to their lowest point…

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‘Don’t Trust the CCP:’ Taiwanese Scholar Recounts His Experience in China

July 28, 2022
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A Taiwanese scholar has shared his experience being monitored by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when he was a university professor in China and why he chose to flee China in his unpublished anthology “Twenty Years of Sleep—Awakening from the Chinese Dream.” Wu Mingneng studied and worked in China for 20 years, through which he…

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Risk of Nuclear War With China Growing, UK Security Tsar Warns

July 28, 2022
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The risk of an accidental nuclear war with China is growing as the regime expands its nuclear arsenal in disregard for international arms control mechanisms, the UK’s national security adviser Sir Stephen Lovegrove has warned. In a virtual speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., Lovegrove said the world…

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