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As China Plans Drills Circling Taiwan, U.S. Officials Fear a Squeeze Play
WASHINGTON — For years the deliberate “strategic ambiguity” in Washington’s China policy has left unclear how the United States would respond to a full-scale, amphibious invasion of Taiwan. But an equally hard question — maybe harder, in the minds of many senior White House and defense officials — is how to respond to a slow…
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Ends, China Gears Up for Military Drills: Latest Updates
Video Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, met with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, in a series of high profile meetings. Ms. Pelosi was presented with an award given to those who have made outstanding contributions to Taiwan.CreditCredit…Taiwan Presidential Office, via Reuters After weeks of silence ahead of a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy…
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U.S. Warns China Not to Turn Pelosi’s Expected Trip to Taiwan Into a ‘Crisis’
WASHINGTON — The United States warned China on Monday not to respond to an expected visit to Taiwan by Speaker Nancy Pelosi with military provocations even as American officials sought to reassure Beijing that such a trip would not be the first of its kind and would not represent any change in policy toward the…
