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Taiwan's pres. Lai flies to US, angering China |
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New
York Times, 2024-12-10 |
Taiwan says China
has deployed
largest fleet of
ships in decades,
which could block American allies in the region from coming
to Taiwan's defense.
Speculation had been growing for days that China would launch war
games in retaliation for visits made by Lai Ching-te to Hawaii and Guam
last week; The surge in Chinese ships could
also be a signal to the incoming Trump administration, which has yet to
indicate how it will deal with Taiwan. |
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Fox News, 2024-12-10 |
After
Taiwanese president visits Hawaii and Guam,
Chinese military makes massive deployment around Taiwan to send
'very simple' message: "The Taiwan Strait is
ours"; Taiwan defense officials are raising
concerns ..., saying the build-up could
eventually lead to war as tensions continue to rise in the area. |
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◆
Wall
Street Journal, 2024-12-2 |
Trump has publicly called for Taiwan to spend more to defend itself and has accused Taiwan's world-class chip makers of stealing
American jobs. In a closed-door speech delivered in
English, Lai appeared to address some of those criticisms, outlining plans to
bolster the country's self-defense. Lai promised deepening cooperation with the
U.S. in the semiconductor industry. |
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AP, Washington
Post, 2024-12-4 |
Taiwanese President Lai reportedly has phone talks
from Guam with US Congress leaders; their talks
seemed designed to underscore the bipartisan support for Taiwan
in the U.S. Congress. |
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◆
New
York Times, 2024-11-30 |
Taiwan's government
tries to fathom what changes President-elect Donald J. Trump will bring
to U.S. dealings with Taiwan。In uncertain times, Taiwan needs every edge
of international advantage that it can get. Taiwanese leaders have used
their brief stops to promote stronger ties with the United States; This
time, Mr. Lai will not set foot in the continental United States,
reducing opportunities for high-profile meetings.
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Wall
Street Journal, 2024-12-1 |
Taiwan's President begins Hawaii
stopover
and sends a firm but conciliatory
message to both China and the incoming Trump administration: While
Taipei doesn't seek a war with Beijing, it is
counting on U.S. support to deter any aggression from its larger
neighbor. "Transits" are part of careful arrangements made between Washington and
Taipei to allow its leaders to engage with each other on American soil
after the two severed formal diplomatic ties in 1979. |
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CNN, 2024-11-30 |
Chinese government labeled Lai's
visit as "a provocative act", and could respond by staging a fresh round
of military drills near the island democracy. China hopes to
create an incident during the transition period in the United States to
create pressure on the incoming Trump team by drawing a red line. |
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AFP (France), 2024-11-30 |
President Lai Ching-te's trip has ignited fiery threats from Beijing.
Bonnie
Glaser: Lai's tour of the Pacific was an opportunity for him "to show those
countries and the world that Taiwan matters". China always wants to leave the impression
that Taiwan is isolated and it is dependent on the PRC. |
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Deutsche Welle (Germany), 2024-11-30 |
China has slammed the trip
as a step toward independence from Beijing,
and described Lai's planned stopover
in the US territory of Guam as "separatist actions." |
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about
China's ability to invade Taiwan |
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◆
Economist, 2024-12-5 |
American military officials have
long worried about a “window of vulnerability” before new weapons enter
into service in the 2030s. But
corruption in the PLA is changing the calculations of analysts;
China's economic woes and social
discontent mean that Mr Xi is turning inward.
The views (the
period of greatest danger has probably been pushed out for
several years) are not universally shared, in
or out of government. “Xi has his foot
firmly on the accelerator and a full tank of gas". |
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Breaking Defense, 2024-12-6 |
The head of the Defense
Intelligence Agency: China did
appear to be on track to meet Xi's 2027 preparedness goal.
House intel's Himes:
You
could implement a blockade. You know, what? If you invade Taiwan, what
happens? A. You may lose. B. You may reduce
the place to smoking rubble, what have you really achieved economically?
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Newsweek, 2024-11-20 |
U.S. Pacific Commander Samuel Paparo:
a cross-strait invasion executed by the
Chinese military would be "exceedingly difficult" given the
advantages of the U.S. and allies. |
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Washington Examiner, 2024-12-4 |
Chinese leaders have said
they want their military to be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027, though
U.S. defense leaders have said the date does not guarantee a decision to
carry out such an operation has been made.
War with China would exhaust munition stockpiles
"very rapidly",
national security adviser
J. Sullivan
acknowledged that China has "the
single biggest advantage",
"God forbid we end up in a
full-scale war with the PRC" . |
◆ Brookings,
2024-11-22:
To many in Beijing, Taiwan's leaders are testing the boundaries of China's
tolerance by incrementally advancing efforts to permanently
separate Taiwan from China. American officials generally do not
judge that Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has taken steps to undermine peace and
stability.
◆ Daily
Mail (UK) ,
2024-11-23: In a war simulation by the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS)showed
devastating costs for all involved. The grim war simulations come at a time of political upheaval, with Taiwan's
President Lai Ching-te taking a tougher line with China.
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Taiwan
Prepares for Trump's Return. |
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◆
Wall
Street Journal, 2024-11-18 |
Some in Taiwan say its survival as a self-ruled democracy is
at stake, that it
can't afford to spend what Trump demands on defense and that it would wither in
the crossfire of a U.S.-China trade war.
Taiwan's military spending is currently at 2.45%
of GDP—a lower share than Singapore's 2.8% and
South Korea's 2.7%; In
Washington, the percent of GDP is really seen as a proxy for your
seriousness. |
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◆
New
York Times, 2024-11-24 |
Taiwan is
ready to defend
democracy. Is Trump?
Maybe he
will strike some sort of bargain with Taiwan. But whatever Taiwan can offer
him, Beijing can easily top. More and
more, there are those in Taiwan who say we are an “abandoned chess
piece,” no longer valued by the United States. China
amplifies these fears... |
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◆
New
York Times, 2024-11-6 |
Some
diplomats in Asia expect China to
intensify pressure on Taiwan, if not invade the self-governing island it
claims as its territory; and China may
calculate that Mr. Trump would not go to war for a democracy that he has
accused of “stealing” the microchip industry from the United States.
“With Donald Trump, there are large amounts of
uncertainty,” said Lev Nachman, a political scientist, “And it's a matter of uncertainty that comes with
great risk for Taiwan.” |
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Washington Post,
2024-11-6 |
Trump's statements this
year that raise doubt about his willingness to come to the island
democracy's defense and his misleading
assertion that Taipei needs to pay the US for defense. Such
rhetoric could “fan the flames of skepticism” about American intent at a
time when the Taiwanese are “directly threatened by
CCP disinformation
aimed at undermining U.S. credibility” |
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New
York Times, 2024-11-10 |
Taiwan's leading chip makers may face demands from the Trump
administration to locate more production in the United States.
Taiwan has already been raising its military spending, partly
under pressure from Washington. But Mr. Trump has said that Taiwan
should raise military spending to 10
percent of its gross domestic product (from
about 2.6 percent).
Sharply increasing military spending could be politically
difficult for Taiwan's president.
Beijing, for its part, appears poised to exploit any signs of
discord between Washington and Taipei. |
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Fox
News, 2024-11-10 |
Trump's
public comments might suggest that he would not be willing to put boots
on the ground to face another global superpower in defense of a tiny
island democracy (Taiwan). there
is hope among restraint groups
that Trump will be focused on economic
warfare with China – rather than military.
"We don't have that alliance with Taiwan, ...
the Taiwan issue is a powder keg — it's exceedingly dangerous. "
|
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New
York Times, 2024-11-6
news briefing |
Many
believe Trump's
foreign policy changes could have a greater impact than anything since
the start of the Cold War.
Trump could decide to
do the true “America First” thing and
withdraw completely, and basically say,
"defending Taiwan is not in our interest.” |
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◆
Bloomberg,
2024-11-5 |
Taiwan's Economic
Affairs Minister acknowledged that Trump could
introduce measures that might prove harmful for Taiwan's
semiconductor industry. But the impact will not be as severe as some
anticipate. |
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◆
Reuters, 2024-11-6 |
From Taiwan to trade, China braces for more rivalry as close US
presidential race ends. Trump
might try to use the Taiwan issue as a bargaining chip to gain
leverage in other areas, such as offering to restrain Taiwan's
provocative actions in exchange for Beijing's
compromise on trade. |
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Taiwan has a Trump problem |
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◆
The Atlantics,
2024-10-25 |
The shortcomings of Taiwan's
military lend some validity to Trump's
complaint that America's
allies don't pay enough for
their own defense and dump too much of the
responsibility onto the United States—a burden that a
second Trump administration might not be committed to
bear. |
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◆
New York Times,
2024-10-26 |
Mr. Trump criticized Taiwan,
saying that “they stole our chip business”,“They want us to protect,
... They don't
pay us money for the protection...
The mob makes you pay money, right?”America's heavy reliance on Taiwan's semiconductors has been a growing
source of concern among U.S. officials, given China's ongoing threats to
invade the self-governing island. |
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Taiwan's
Lai Ching-te and China's Xi JinPing congratulate Trump |
|
◆ The
Hill, 2024-11-6 |
Taiwan president congratulates Trump on victory.
William Lai Ching-te
posted
on the social platform X. “I'm
confident that the longstanding Taiwan-US partnership, built on shared values
& interests, will continue to serve as a cornerstone for regional stability &
lead to greater prosperity for us all.”
Trump has made several incendiary
comments about Taiwan, saying it should have to pay the U.S. to defend the
nation against China and that Taipei stole
the United States's ability to make semiconductors. He has
also called Chinese President Xi Jinping “brilliant.” |
|
◆
CNA, 2024-11-6 |
Robert
O'Brien
expresses thanks |
|
◆
Bloomberg, 2024-11-6 |
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is considering trying to make a call to Donald
Trump after his US election victory, in a move that would likely be seen by Beijing as a sign of Taiwan
seeking to assert independence.
Lai has no plan to arrange
a congratulatory call with Trump, the Presidential Office said in a
statement (
到目前為止沒有規畫致電表達祝賀之意) |
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中国央視(CCTV),
Dagens
(UK),
2024-11-7 |
Xi Jinping Congratulates Trump, Pushes for Peaceful U.S.-China Future.
Chinese President Xi Jinping personally called Donald Trump to
congratulate him on his election victory, according to China's
Foreign Ministry.
"History has shown that China and the United States benefit from
cooperation and lose from confrontation. Stable, healthy and stable
Sino-American relations meet the common interests of both countries and
the expectations of the international community," Xi stated, as reported
by Ukrinform's
own correspondent.He expressed optimism that both nations would continue
to uphold principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and
mutually beneficial cooperation.
"We look forward to further strengthening dialogue and
communication with Washington and to managing differences responsibly,
finding ways to expand cooperation for the benefit of both countries and
the world," Xi added
|
◆
NY
Times, 2024-10-22: The frequency of the exercises suggests that China is stepping up its
intimidation efforts: The Chinese military has held two such large-scale
exercises since Mr.
Lai took office in May, the same number that it held over the
previous eight years.◆
Wall
Street Journal, 2024-10-17:
China practiced a military blockade of Taiwan that is an all
too real future possibility.
Short of Taiwan's surrender, a blockade may be President Xi Jinping's
preferred option.
All underscores the urgent need to buttress deterrence against
a blockade or invasion. This means more civil defense training and
military spending in Taiwan, and
faster U.S. weapons delivery...The next U.S. President could easily face a Taiwan
crisis◆
Foreign Affairs, 2024-10-16:
By almost universal agreement, the
Taiwan Strait has emerged as the most
combustible flash point in the world. Some
have called on the United States to make an unequivocal
commitment to defend Taiwan.
Others have focused on enhancing Taiwan's
defenses. A much smaller number of
analysts have advocated cutting a deal with Beijing in which
Washington ends its commitment to defending Taiwan and the
island is left to fend for itself.◆
Council on Foreign Relations, 2024-10-16:
Taiwan and other U.S. partners
will need to contend with an increasingly capable and
aggressive China and rising
isolationism and protectionism in the United States. Trump's
foreign policy pronouncements reflect sentiments held by many in
the United States.
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China's
response to a speech by President Lai Ching-te
in Taiwan's national day |
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◆
New York Times, 2024-10-13 |
China began holding military drills in areas
surrounding Taiwan, a response to a
speech by President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan, who said that China had “no
right to represent” the island and China and
Taiwan were “not subordinate to each other” .
China did not say when the exercises would conclude. |
|
◆◆New York Times, 2024-10-16 |
David Sacks, a fellow at the Council on Foreign
Relations, said PLA's activities are coming
closer and closer to Taiwan shores.
China's military drills were aimed at demonstrating its
potential to choke Taiwan's access to food and fuel and block the skies
and waters from which the United States and its allies would presumably
approach in coming to the island's defense.
The drills send the message that Taiwan remains so sensitive, so
important and crucial for the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist
Party”, said Bonnie Glaser. |
|
◆
Reuters,
2024-10-12 |
China threatens Taiwan with more trade measures after
denouncing president's speech |
◆
The American Conservative
, 2024-10-11:
Although there is widespread agreement in
Taiwan that avoiding war is
desirable, there is no consensus on whether deterrence through
militarization is the best path forward. Conscription, currently
set at a year, is far from adequate in preparing Taiwan's
youth for the type of civic and military readiness found in
nations like Israel or South Korea. There
is a prevalent assumption, that America will
unquestionably intervene in the event of an invasion. A
comprehensive strategy must also aim at fostering political
unity, morale, and military readiness in Taiwan
◆
United
States Institute of Peace, 2024-10-9: Bloomberg Economics has estimated a war
with Taiwan would cost equivalent to 10% of global GDP —
China's GDP would suffer a 16.7% blow
compared to 40% for what would be a devastated Taiwanese economy.
With a far bigger economy than Russia's, China would have
more leverage than Moscow to resist U.S.-led efforts to isolate it after an
attack on Taiwan.
◆
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
, 2024-10-8:
Should China invade, Americans support
arming Taipei but oppose direct military intervention.。A
narrow majority of Americans (51%) say the United States should encourage Taiwan
to maintain the status quo rather than move toward independence (36%) or
unification (4%).
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If China were to invade Taiwan, would you support or
oppose the United States: (% support) |
| |
2024 |
2023 |
2022 |
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Using the US military to airlift food
and medical supplies to Taiwan |
74 |
78 |
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Imposing economic and diplomatic
sanctions on china |
72 |
75 |
76 |
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Sending additional arms and military
supplies to the Taiwanese government |
59 |
62 |
65 |
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SAending US troops to Taiwan to help
the Taiwanese gov. defend itself against China |
36 |
39 |
40 |
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China's "coercion
short of violence"
strategy |
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Associated
Press,
2024-10-5 |
Beijing could wage an economic and cyber war to force a
surrender from Taiwan without direct use of military
power, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies said in
the report. the U.S.
government has yet to formulate a plan to respond to
non-military tactics, giving Beijing flexibility in
working to undermine Taiwan without triggering an
outright response from Washington... |
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Foreign Policy,
2024-10-4 |
Taiwan's greatest
vulnerabilities
extend beyond
its military
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financial, cybersecurity, and energy risks that
China could exploit. |
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Foundation of Defense of Democracies,
2024-10-4 |
the “most
likely” scenario: Sometime in the next decade, China
will combine economic coercion, malicious cyber
activity, and limited military moves short of kinetic
attacks to break Taiwan's
societal and/or economic resilience and force a major
adjustment in its policy toward unification.
fdd.org/analysis/2024/10/04/targeting-taiwan/ |
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Brookings,
2024-10-3 |
China's leaders appear determined to show directional
progress toward their goal of asserting control over Taiwan. Beijing is pursuing
two parallel paths, significant military build-up
and "coercion
without violence" to compel the people of Taiwan
to accept some form of
union with the People's Republic of China as
a least bad option for Taiwan's future. Harris said in
2022 that the United
States would “support Taiwan's self-defense, consistent with our
longstanding policy.”. Trump's disdain for
alliances and security partnerships, though, negatively impacted Taiwan by
calling into question the reliability of America's
security commitments. The common thread among these utterances is
Trump (team) suggestion that
Taiwan is too small and far away for the United States to feel obliged to
defend. |
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American
Enterprise Institute ,
2024-5-3 |
From Coercion to Capitulation: How China Can Take Taiwan Without a War
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(1)
uses economic carrots and
sticks, information operations, and military escalation
to convince the US and Taiwan that their cooperation
directly precipitates further escalation
(2) Economic warfare, cyberwarfare, sabotage,
rigorous (and pseudo-legal) inspections of ships
carrying goods to Taiwan, air and sea closures,
electronic warfare, and propaganda
(3) break the Taiwanese public's
will to resist by intimidating supporters of resistance,
sowing doubt and fear ... (4)
information campaigns aim to decrease the US public's
and political leadership's
willingness to support Taiwan.
aei.org/research-products/report/from-coercion-to-capitulation-how-china-can-take-taiwan-without-a-war/ |
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Economist,
2024-10-3: China is using an
"anaconda strategy" to squeeze Taiwan.
"They are ready to blockade
Taiwan at any time they want", Taiwan's
navy commander warns. The number of
PLA air
incursions across the median line, has jumped more than five-fold, from January
to
August. The number of PLA ships operating around
Taiwan has steadily risen, too, doubling...
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Brookings,
2024-10-3:
China's leaders appear determined to show directional
progress toward their goal of asserting control over Taiwan. Beijing is pursuing
two parallel paths, significant military build-up
and "coercion without violence" to compel the
people of Taiwan to accept some form of union with the People’s Republic of
China as a least bad option for Taiwan's future.
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Council on
Foreign Relations,
2024-9-25: today
China's outmatches Taiwan's
both in size and quality, U.S. defense officials say it does not yet have
the ability to carry out a successful amphibious assault on the island amid a
U.S. military intervention on Taiwan's behalf. ◆
New York Times,
2024-9-25: Taiwan and U.S. Work to Counter China's Drone Dominance
, a move
that would also help blunt any threats posed to the island by China.
“Security
and intellectual property risks are real but manageable with the right
safeguards”◆
Wall Street Journal,
2024-9-21:
Supply bottlenecks had delayed delivery of weapon systems to Taiwan
valued at more than $20 billion. Unlike Ukraine or Israel, Taiwan's geography as an island makes
resupplying its military a bigger challenge. Military experts in the West
are particularly concerned that China could try to force Taiwan to capitulate
with a blockade.Taiwan needs to be as independent as
possible to be able to replenish its weapon systems.◆
Financial
Times,
2024-9-19: The scale of
China's military activity is getting larger
and larger, and so it is harder to discern when they might be shifting from training to a large exercise, and
from an exercise to war. military moves below the
threshold of war poses challenge to Taiwan's defences.ft.com/content/3402d159-418c-4485-abb4-7e2155288d61
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Brookings, 2024-9-16:What
Taiwan most fears—an amphibious invasion—is currently
beyond the PLA's
reach.Beijing has developed two different means—military and
coercive—to achieve its political objective of unification◆
Politico, 2024-9-11: Nearly three in four Americans are concerned about a
potential invasion of Taiwan, according to the latest
Reagan National Defense Survey.
And, Washington has fixated on a potential 2027 invasion scenario.
But,
China's Strategy To Annex Taiwan Is More About
Cyber Power Than Firepower ◆
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U.S. SEAL Team Six
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resisting China's
invasion ? |
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Voice of America, 2024-9-14 |
the
secret and precise combat characteristics of the
United States Navy's elite SEAL Team Six
mean its role in resisting China's invasion of Taiwan would be
very limited and the focus would be on carrying out special
tasks. |
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Financial Times, New York Post, 2024-9-12 |
SEAL Team Six has
spent more than a year training for possible Chinese
invasion of Taiwan. However,
the US has so far declined to explicitly
say it would come to Taiwan's aid if attacked. |
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"cyberwar" - pro-Russian vs Taiwan |
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CNBC (USA), 2024-9-13 |
"a large number of foreign IPs launched invalid queries" on stock
exchange network, resulting in “unstable service for a short period of
time. Local media reported this attack on the Taiwanese government
and financial unites, including
airports and tax bureaus
by a pro-Russian hacker group in retaliation for comments made by
Taiwanese President William Lai (Lai Ching-te) .cnbc.com/2024/09/13/pro-russian-hackers-crash-taiwan-stock-exchange-website-local-media-reports-.html |
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Daily Express (UK), 2024-9-3 |
Lai Ching-te has mocked Vladimir
Putin with a humiliating quip, saying his biggest ally China should
take advantage of Russia being
at its "weakest" and take back territory. |
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Economist, 2024-9-5: Taiwan needs to hold out
long enough for friends to come to its aid, but polls suggest the will to resist
rests, in turn, on whether Taiwanese think America will defend them.
Taiwan can do much to strengthen its defences but, alas,
it can do little to influence American politics
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Wall Street Journal, 2024-9-2:
Elbridge Colby's
argument has always been that Taiwan isn't
itself of existential importance to America. Rather, our core interest is in
denying China regional hegemony over Asia. Taiwan is very
important for that goal, but not essential
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Wall Street Journal, 2024-8-28:
Elbridge Colby
suggested the U.S. may not come to
Taiwan's defense in the event of Chinese aggression.
Robert O'Brien
urged
Taiwan to spend at least 5% of its gross domestic product on defense.
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