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Former PM to say in speech that any attempts by western leaders to appease Xi Jinping would be a mistakeLiz Truss will say Emmanuel Macron’s recent trip to China was a “sign of weakness”, after the French president asked Beijing for support in ending t…
“You don’t want to be starting that planning the week before an invasion, when you’re starting to see the White House saying it’s coming,” said NSA’s Rob Joyce. “You want to be doing that now.”
Political actors on both sides of the Atlantic criticized the president’s position as being too accommodating of China, just as it carries out military drills around Taiwan.
Biggest show of force since August was more targeted and showed intent to annex island, say analystsChina’s recent military drills near Taiwan were a substantive and “war-like” escalation on those conducted last August despite not including any missile…
China’s president, Xi Jinping, is often the subject of internet memes that compare him to the children’s characterTaiwanese are rushing to buy patches, popularised by air force pilots, that depict a Formosan black bear punching Winnie-the-Pooh – repres…
Also, President Biden prepares to visit Northern Ireland and Ireland.
The visit comes after China completed three days of large-scale combat drills near Taiwan that included sealing off the democratically-governed island.
Alarm on both sides of Atlantic as French president warns against being drawn into any Taiwan conflictEmmanuel Macron has flown into a storm of criticism after he said Europe should not become a “vassal” and must avoid being drawn into any conflict bet…
The Chinese military said it had “successfully completed” the exercises and “comprehensively tested” the capabilities of multiple units under actual combat conditions.
After President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan visited the U.S., China put on a show of force and warned Taipei against building closer ties with Washington.