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8 Countermeasures By Beijing Against Washington (none / 0)

#GTGraphic: China announces eight countermeasures in response to #Pelosi's #Taiwan island visit. [_link] pic.twitter.com/vm2TNDctOb
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) August 5, 2022

China halts ties with US on range of critical issues including climate crisis | The Guardian |

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Fri Aug 5th, 2022 at 02:27:22 PM EST

Biden/Blinken Have Full Support of G7 + NATO (none / 0)

Earlier today, the US secretary of state said there was "no justification" for China's military drills around Taiwan after the US House speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island.
Addressing a news conference on the sidelines of the Asean regional forum meeting, Antony Blinken said the US had repeatedly told China it did not seek a crisis. He added that Pelosi's visit was peaceful but China chose to "overreact".

Interview of Blinken's deputy Derek Chollet with TRT World on Taiwan, he refused to answer a question put forth whether both president Joe Biden and the Pentagon attempted to persuade Nancy Pelosi on her visit to Taipei. The State department had a new narrative for the world, and any dissent could not be broadcast.

Biden says military does not support Nancy Pelosi trip to Taiwan| NBC News - July 21, 2022 |

White House worried by Nancy Pelosi's controversial trip to Taiwan | LeMonde - July 27, 2022 |

Joe Biden plans to meet with Xi Jinping as early as Thursday, Bloomberg reports

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Fri Aug 5th, 2022 at 02:28:47 PM EST
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Re: Biden/Blinken Have Full Support of G7 + NATO (none / 0)

Jake Sullivan on NPR: "We believe that what China is doing here is not responsible. We believe that it is escalating tensions unnecessarily...what the speaker did in visiting Taiwan is not unprecedented, it is not threatening to China." [_link]
— Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 🇺🇦 (@BonnieGlaser) August 4, 2022