News Analysis The U.S. government has the right to “expand our arms provisions to Taiwan,” said Nicholas Burns, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to China. During his Senate confirmation hearing on Oct. 20, Burns hit nearly all of China’s soft spots—the uncomfortable subjects that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants the world to stop asking about, including issues related to Xinjiang, Taiwan, Hong Kong, COVID-19 origin, defense, and trade. Burns went so far as to refer to the murder and repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang as “genocide.” He talked about the abuses in Tibet, as well as the CCP’s strong-arm tactics against Taiwan, declaring that it all had to stop. Over the past five years, the Europe Union and other countries have hardened their stance on the Chinese regime. The European Parliament and other allies have moved to condemn the CCP’s atrocities in Xinjiang, military threats against Taiwan, and …