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US Senators Push Bill to Counter CCP’s Military Threat to Taiwan as House Representatives Call for Ending ‘One China’ Policy
As the situation becomes increasingly tense in the Taiwan Strait, a number of US senators called on the administration to help Taiwan fend off China on 17 September’s Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. A number of senators and House representatives has made similar calls for the US to take actions and asked that the ‘One China’ policy be ended. As senator Rick Scott proposed the Taiwan Invasion Prevention Act, House representative Tom Tiffany proposed that America resume diplomatic relations with Taiwan and open negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement.
In a tweet, Scott, senator for Florida, said, “For months, I’ve called on Communist China to...live up to its commitment to respect Hong Kong’s autonomy and end its efforts to crack down on Taiwan.” He described the Taiwan Invasion Prevention Act as demonstrating America’s commitment to democracy and freedom as well as Taiwan. The act deals with strengthening America’s Taiwan policy and increasing Taiwan’s ability to resist China. It also provides for limited authorization for the president to use force to protect Taiwan from military attack under specific circumstances. Additionally, it provides for a platform that facilitates military exercises involving the US and Taiwan and requires planning for coordinated military actions in case Taiwan is attacked. It further urges the US trade representative to enter into negotiations with Taiwan on a bilateral trade agreement, and to welcome the Taiwanese president to address a joint session of the US congress.
Source: Stand News #Sep19
#US #Taiwan #China #RickScott #TomTiffany #OneChinaPolicy #TaiwanInvasionPreventionAct #Diplomacy
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As the situation becomes increasingly tense in the Taiwan Strait, a number of US senators called on the administration to help Taiwan fend off China on 17 September’s Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. A number of senators and House representatives has made similar calls for the US to take actions and asked that the ‘One China’ policy be ended. As senator Rick Scott proposed the Taiwan Invasion Prevention Act, House representative Tom Tiffany proposed that America resume diplomatic relations with Taiwan and open negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement.
In a tweet, Scott, senator for Florida, said, “For months, I’ve called on Communist China to...live up to its commitment to respect Hong Kong’s autonomy and end its efforts to crack down on Taiwan.” He described the Taiwan Invasion Prevention Act as demonstrating America’s commitment to democracy and freedom as well as Taiwan. The act deals with strengthening America’s Taiwan policy and increasing Taiwan’s ability to resist China. It also provides for limited authorization for the president to use force to protect Taiwan from military attack under specific circumstances. Additionally, it provides for a platform that facilitates military exercises involving the US and Taiwan and requires planning for coordinated military actions in case Taiwan is attacked. It further urges the US trade representative to enter into negotiations with Taiwan on a bilateral trade agreement, and to welcome the Taiwanese president to address a joint session of the US congress.
Source: Stand News #Sep19
#US #Taiwan #China #RickScott #TomTiffany #OneChinaPolicy #TaiwanInvasionPreventionAct #Diplomacy
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Chinese State Media Claims PLA’s Exercises in Taiwan Strait “Drills for Actual Combat”, Warns of Fighters and Missiles over Taiwan If US State Secretary Pays Visit
As the US undersecretary of state Keith Krach visited Taiwan, China has responded with military actions with the eastern theatre command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) immediately beginning drills for actual combat near the Taiwan Strait. In an editorial published on 19 September, the Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times said this exercise was “no longer a warning” but “a drill for an actual conquest of Taiwan.” The exercise, it said, showed that the PLA was capable of organizing military actions against Taiwan within a very short period of time. “Though being a drill, it is more like an actual operation,” it said. It continued by saying that the PLA was “gaining experience for the conquest” through multiple exercises and that all it needed was a political reason to turn these exercises into an “actual battle,” “wiping off everything that has to do with the Taiwan independence movement.” The editorial warned Taiwan and the US not to see China as bluffing. If being foolhardy is what Taiwan and the US continue to be indulged in, it said, “war must be at the end of the road.”
The Global Times’s editor-in-chief Hu Xijin also shared his thoughts on China’s “national strategy” in a Weibo post. Being the world second-largest economy and a nuclear power, he said, China was “not an easy one to mess with.” This made China’s peaceful rise possible, he continued, but that did not mean it would shy away from war. Where China was left with no choice but to go to war, he wrote, direct conflict with the US should be avoided as far as possible, though “a particular lapdog that always joins America in provoking China and has crossed the line can use a good round of beating.” And if the US military went too far, said Hu, China “must be willing to fight and be good at it” and "must have the war near the coast of Chinese.”
Source: Stand News #Sep19
#US #Taiwan #China #KeithKrach #HuXijin #GlobalTimes #PLA #Military #Drill
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As the US undersecretary of state Keith Krach visited Taiwan, China has responded with military actions with the eastern theatre command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) immediately beginning drills for actual combat near the Taiwan Strait. In an editorial published on 19 September, the Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times said this exercise was “no longer a warning” but “a drill for an actual conquest of Taiwan.” The exercise, it said, showed that the PLA was capable of organizing military actions against Taiwan within a very short period of time. “Though being a drill, it is more like an actual operation,” it said. It continued by saying that the PLA was “gaining experience for the conquest” through multiple exercises and that all it needed was a political reason to turn these exercises into an “actual battle,” “wiping off everything that has to do with the Taiwan independence movement.” The editorial warned Taiwan and the US not to see China as bluffing. If being foolhardy is what Taiwan and the US continue to be indulged in, it said, “war must be at the end of the road.”
The Global Times’s editor-in-chief Hu Xijin also shared his thoughts on China’s “national strategy” in a Weibo post. Being the world second-largest economy and a nuclear power, he said, China was “not an easy one to mess with.” This made China’s peaceful rise possible, he continued, but that did not mean it would shy away from war. Where China was left with no choice but to go to war, he wrote, direct conflict with the US should be avoided as far as possible, though “a particular lapdog that always joins America in provoking China and has crossed the line can use a good round of beating.” And if the US military went too far, said Hu, China “must be willing to fight and be good at it” and "must have the war near the coast of Chinese.”
Source: Stand News #Sep19
#US #Taiwan #China #KeithKrach #HuXijin #GlobalTimes #PLA #Military #Drill
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Canada Abandons Free Trade Talk with China
Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, pointed out in a recent newspaper interview that "the China of 2020 is not the China of 2016". The environment does not favour trade negotiations at the moment and Canada has decided to halt talks with China.
In 2016, state visits took place between the two nations renewing the China-Canada relations and starting trade talk. Since then, Canada arrested Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou while China imprisoned former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor. China and Canada returned to a tense relationship. Champaign pointed out in the interview that his first mission was to bring the two Canadian citizens back. Trade negotiation was no longer worth continuing.
Being a member in G7, Canada continues to pressure China on human rights issues. Canada has since suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong since the National Security Law came into effect.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep19
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200919/DMJKLFTZY5FOBCEX3BC5D6Y6QM/
#China #Canada #TradeNegotiation #FrancoisPhilippeChampagne #ForeignAffairs
Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, pointed out in a recent newspaper interview that "the China of 2020 is not the China of 2016". The environment does not favour trade negotiations at the moment and Canada has decided to halt talks with China.
In 2016, state visits took place between the two nations renewing the China-Canada relations and starting trade talk. Since then, Canada arrested Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou while China imprisoned former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor. China and Canada returned to a tense relationship. Champaign pointed out in the interview that his first mission was to bring the two Canadian citizens back. Trade negotiation was no longer worth continuing.
Being a member in G7, Canada continues to pressure China on human rights issues. Canada has since suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong since the National Security Law came into effect.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep19
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200919/DMJKLFTZY5FOBCEX3BC5D6Y6QM/
#China #Canada #TradeNegotiation #FrancoisPhilippeChampagne #ForeignAffairs
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U.S. House of Representatives to propose banning imports of forced labour products from Xinjiang next week
The human rights issue in Xinjiang has recently become a new point of contention between the U.S. and China. On Monday (14 Sept), the U.S. announced that it will ban imports of five goods from Xinjiang, including cotton and tomatoes, for violating the rights of ethnic minorities in the region.
#Xinjiang #HumanRightsAbuse #USChinaRelations #Uyghur #Uighur #TradeWar
Source: Apple Daily #Sep19
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200919/UZATUFOPMRCOJO2YJA463CAFDA/
The human rights issue in Xinjiang has recently become a new point of contention between the U.S. and China. On Monday (14 Sept), the U.S. announced that it will ban imports of five goods from Xinjiang, including cotton and tomatoes, for violating the rights of ethnic minorities in the region.
#Xinjiang #HumanRightsAbuse #USChinaRelations #Uyghur #Uighur #TradeWar
Source: Apple Daily #Sep19
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200919/UZATUFOPMRCOJO2YJA463CAFDA/
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China Bans the Import of Taiwan Sugar Apple and Java Apple,
Taiwan Plans to Increase Export to Hong Kong and Other Places and Will Complain to WTO
Source: Stand News #Sep19
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China Bans the Import of Taiwan Sugar Apple and Java Apple,
Taiwan Plans to Increase Export to Hong Kong and Other Places and Will Complain to WTO
China banned the import of Taiwan pineapple in March 2021. Chinese General Administration of Customs announced the suspension of importing sugar apples and java apples from September 20. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council counterattacked this evening, expressing dissatisfaction that China is unwilling to negotiate with Taiwan in accordance with the cross-strait agreement mechanism, damaging Taiwan’s agriculture and cross-strait relations. Taiwan Agricultural Committee indicated that they would send complaints to WTO and would increase the export to markets, such as Hong Kong.
The China Custom General Administration (GACC) Animal and Plant Quarantine indicated that quarantine pests, Planococcus minor, were found in Taiwan sugar apples and java apples several times this year. In order to prevent the risk of plant disease, GACC announced the suspension on importing Taiwan sugar apple and java apple from tomorrow.
Source: Stand News #Sep19
https://bit.ly/3mXJfGl
#Taiwan #China #Pineapple #Import #Export #WTO #GACC #AnimalandPlantQuarantine #MainlandAffairsCouncil #SugarApple #JavaApple
Taiwan Plans to Increase Export to Hong Kong and Other Places and Will Complain to WTO
China banned the import of Taiwan pineapple in March 2021. Chinese General Administration of Customs announced the suspension of importing sugar apples and java apples from September 20. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council counterattacked this evening, expressing dissatisfaction that China is unwilling to negotiate with Taiwan in accordance with the cross-strait agreement mechanism, damaging Taiwan’s agriculture and cross-strait relations. Taiwan Agricultural Committee indicated that they would send complaints to WTO and would increase the export to markets, such as Hong Kong.
The China Custom General Administration (GACC) Animal and Plant Quarantine indicated that quarantine pests, Planococcus minor, were found in Taiwan sugar apples and java apples several times this year. In order to prevent the risk of plant disease, GACC announced the suspension on importing Taiwan sugar apple and java apple from tomorrow.
Source: Stand News #Sep19
https://bit.ly/3mXJfGl
#Taiwan #China #Pineapple #Import #Export #WTO #GACC #AnimalandPlantQuarantine #MainlandAffairsCouncil #SugarApple #JavaApple
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Bloomberg: Xi Jinping’s “common prosperity” makes investors uneasy, Chinese regulators meet with Wall Street executives to defend against technology companies
According to Bloomberg, China recently defends against technology companies and the “common prosperity” from Chinese President Xi Jinping makes global investors feel disturbed. Chinese regulators and Wall Street executives had a closed meeting on Thursday, which defending the recent suppression of multiple industries, claiming that its regulatory measures are not aimed at technology or private companies.
According to quoted resources from the report, Fang Xinghai, Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, Senior Officials of the People’s Bank of China, and financial companies such as Goldman Sachs, Citadel, and BlackRock, held a 3-hour closed-door meeting on Thursday.
During the meeting, Fang Xinghai stated the supervision from Chinese government to Chinese companies should not be interpreted as being decoupled from the US or international financial markets. He stated that, China recent measures are targeting at companies operating consumer platforms and strengthens the supervision to improve privacy safety and national security. For measures that are aiming at education training industries and gaming industries, it is aiming to reduce the concerns of society.
Source: Stand News #Sep19
https://bit.ly/3GRsUvQ
#Bloomberg #XiJinping #WallStreet #China #Technology #Supervision #Privacy #NationalSecurity #Education #GamingIndustries
According to Bloomberg, China recently defends against technology companies and the “common prosperity” from Chinese President Xi Jinping makes global investors feel disturbed. Chinese regulators and Wall Street executives had a closed meeting on Thursday, which defending the recent suppression of multiple industries, claiming that its regulatory measures are not aimed at technology or private companies.
According to quoted resources from the report, Fang Xinghai, Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, Senior Officials of the People’s Bank of China, and financial companies such as Goldman Sachs, Citadel, and BlackRock, held a 3-hour closed-door meeting on Thursday.
During the meeting, Fang Xinghai stated the supervision from Chinese government to Chinese companies should not be interpreted as being decoupled from the US or international financial markets. He stated that, China recent measures are targeting at companies operating consumer platforms and strengthens the supervision to improve privacy safety and national security. For measures that are aiming at education training industries and gaming industries, it is aiming to reduce the concerns of society.
Source: Stand News #Sep19
https://bit.ly/3GRsUvQ
#Bloomberg #XiJinping #WallStreet #China #Technology #Supervision #Privacy #NationalSecurity #Education #GamingIndustries