Biden & Xi fire hot first salvos over #Taiwan
#China provocatively pierces Taiwan's air space after Biden invites its de facto #US ambassador to his inauguration ceremony
It was an early warning signal after #US expressed a “rock-solid” pledge to Taiwan
asiatimes.com/2021/01/biden-…
#China provocatively pierces Taiwan's air space after Biden invites its de facto #US ambassador to his inauguration ceremony
It was an early warning signal after #US expressed a “rock-solid” pledge to Taiwan
asiatimes.com/2021/01/biden-…
2) Adding muscle to diplomatic rhetoric, the US Indo-Pacific Command announced on Saturday that the Roosevelt aircraft carrier group would conduct “routine operations” in the South China Sea, including maritime strike exercises & tactical training between surface & air units
3) The Biden administration has thus seemingly indicated its commitment to continue and even bolster Trump’s pro-Taiwan line, which under his tenure expanded military cooperation and eased age-old restrictions on US-Taiwan diplomatic exchanges.
4) That was seen, no doubt provocatively from Beijing’s perspective, in Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US Bi-khim Hsiao’s formal official attendance at Biden’s January 20 inauguration, marking the first time that had happened in four decades.
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