China was already wary about Japan’s new prime minister, renowned Beijing hawk Sanae Takaichi, before she weighed in on one of its most sensitive issues: Taiwan. The saga began in late October when Ms Takaichi was questioned in parliament over how Japan would respond if China conducted a military blockade of Taiwan. “I believe any…
Donald Trump Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images US President Donald Trump said Beijing does not intend to take any action against Taiwan, as it understands that otherwise it will not leave it unanswered. The American leader said this in an interview with CBS News, News.Az reports. “They understand what will happen if they take any action….
China is adding new diplomatic moves to justify its military threat to coerce Taiwan into submitting to rule from Beijing. In a formal position paper delivered to the United Nations last month, China declared that China’s sovereignty over Taiwan was guaranteed by the 1971 UN resolution that recognized the Peoples Republic of China as the…
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first confirmed phone call of Trump’s second term in June. Trump had previously claimed in April that Xi had called him, though he did not clarify when that conversation occurred US President Donald Trump has said that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, has told him that Taiwan…