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China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
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  • Xi Jinping accused the US of trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, the Financial Times said.
  • The Chinese leader made the claim to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, per the FT.
  • One expert told BI it's a sign that China is "genuinely surprised" by the attitude of US officials.

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For decades, the US has adopted "strategic ambiguity" toward Taiwan, positioning itself as the country's most steadfast ally, while declining to explicitly say whether it would come to Taiwan's aid if China attacked.

But the mood in Washington, DC, seems to be shifting, with Congress showing itself more "overtly supportive of Taiwan than only a few years ago," Graeme Thompson, an analyst with the Eurasia Group, told Business Insider in November.

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"The US has plenty of public figures now talking of Taiwan like it is a new Ukraine, and some even saying it needs to be diplomatically recognized," Brown added.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months ago

We're not starting WWIII over TSMC and nVidia's stock price.

Shit, most of the world won't even recognise Taiwan as a country. I can hardly see Haiti, Paraguay and the Vatican coming to the rescue.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

pfft no, but we will fulfill our treaty obligations to the 24 million people who don't deserve china's bullshit.

TSMC has kill switches installed already. China would only get a pile of slag if they tried it. and they won't.

What China should do is reassess the Treaty of Aigun - does it still really apply, considering today's russians are neither the soviet block nor the russian empire? The areas in question are overwhelmingly asian in demographics. There's a whole lot of resources up there just sitting around because russia's never been able to chew bubble gum and walk at the same time, much less persecute a pointless, losing war while exploiting it's own resources.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

Shit, most of the world won’t even recognise Taiwan as a country.

The thing the article seems to neglect. China is winning the diplomatic game globally. Taiwan is less well recognized than Palestine.

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