EXPLAINER: How Taiwan figures in US-China ties under Biden

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It didn’t take long for relations with China to become an issue for new U.S. President Joe Biden. A show of force by the Chinese air force off Taiwan last weekend prompted a U.S. response even as the Biden administration focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic.

A soldier holds a Taiwan national flag during a military exercise in Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Taiwanese troops using tanks, mortars and small arms staged a drill Tuesday aimed at repelling an attack from China, which has increased its threats to reclaim the island and its own displays of military might.

A soldier holds a Taiwan national flag during a military exercise in Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Taiwanese troops using tanks, mortars and small arms staged a drill Tuesday aimed at repelling an attack from China, which has increased its threats to reclaim the island and its own displays of military might.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — It didn’t take long for relations with China to become an issue for new U.S. President Joe Biden. A show of force by the Chinese air force off Taiwan last weekend prompted a U.S. response, even as Biden and his administration focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and other pressing issues at home in what is still their first week in office.Taiwan’s Defense Ministry reported that China sent a dozen bombers and fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Saturday.

Tiehlin Yen, the deputy director of the Taiwan Center for Security Studies, said China’s moves may give it some bargaining chips as it prepares to deal with a new U.S. president and any adjustments he may make to China policy. But Chinese international relations expert Zhao Kejin at Tsinghua University in Beijing said the actions are not aimed at the U.S. but at Taiwan, and its opposition to unification with the mainland. “China needs to show its determination,” he said.The U.S.

 

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China is our ally, don't be deceived. Xi Jinping will do what is right for the United States.

Biden and the democrats are on their own. If you are listening China, it’s okay to do whatever you want. It’s just Joe and some old ladies.

China really should understand when you let a government be independent for so long it’s no longer your government to control. Should’ve solved this problem during the civil war and no one would’ve cared. Now it’s called annexation of unwilling people.

I can’t believe we watched a rigged election and Biden is now our president. Dude is brain dead

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