As U.S. Tensions Soar With China, Taiwan Fears Cannon Fodder Risk
The “clarity” Taipei is seeking is unlikely to be rendered by Washington as the latter is only using Taiwan as a device against China.
Taiwan
Dangers of Military Confrontation Between the United States and China Around Taiwan and in the South China Sea
Over the past two years, the United States has dramatically increased the number of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and destroyers sent into the South China Sea as a freedom of navigation show of force missions to remind the Chinese government that the U.S. considers the Western Pacific and the South China Sea as a part of the oceans of America and its allies.
US-China Cross Swords Over Taiwan
The US efforts to ruffle-feathers with China does not seem to cease as US has sent its senior Keith Krach to Taipei, the capital of Taiwan on September 17, 2020, as the reports published in The NewYorkTimes 1 informs. This visit was destined to become controversial as it is a well known fact that any US meddling inside Taiwan irks[Read More...]
Washington Signals End of One China Policy Towards War Footing
A Washington Post oped headlined: “Alex Azar’s trip to Taiwan is about refusing to appease China”. This weekend Health Secretary Azar is the highest ranking US government official to visit the island territory since Washington first adopted its One China policy four decades ago.
THE LANCET Praises Chinese Model for Coronavirus Policies
Eric Zuesse
The Lancet, which is perhaps the world’s most influential medical journal and is the one that concentrated immediately on, and has concentrated the longest on, the coronavirus-19 pandemic, headlined an editorial on July 25th, “COVID-19 and China: lessons and the way forward”, and they opened:
With U.S. Support, Taiwan Planted Deception About Warning World Health Org of Covid
Taiwan’s claim that it provided early warning to the WHO about Covid and “human-to human-transmission” has been exploited by the Trump administration to attack the multi-lateral body and turn up the heat on China. There’s just one problem: it’s totally false.
Ajit SINGH
With US support, Taiwan planted deception about warning World Health Org of Covid
Taiwan’s claim that it provided early warning to the WHO about Covid and “human-to human-transmission” has been exploited by the…
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US – China COLD WAR will focus on Taiwan not Hong Kong (Video)
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss China’s new national security laws that aim to prohibit anti-Beijing sentiment in Hong Kong.
As the world waits to see how the Trump White House will respond to China, and the Hong Kong security laws, future tension between the two superpowers will not be focused on Hong Kong but on Taiwan.
Washington Prefers to Ignore the Pandemic and Ramp Up Confrontation
Here is a quotation that might sound familiar: “I’m the commander, I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don’t feel like I owe anybody an explanation.” It is understandable when people say they think these words were spoken by Donald Trump, but in fact they were said by George W.