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02.04.26 - 04:39
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Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump′s Summit With Xi Jinping (ZeroHedge)
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Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump's Summit With Xi Jinping
Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times,
Four U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle are planning to visit Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea within the coming days to strengthen U.S. alliances that they see as critical to challenging China's sphere of influence.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who serves as the ranking Democrat member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced the trip on March 28.
Sens. John Curtis (R-Utah), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) will join her on a trip to Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo; and Seoul, South Korea, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's May summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
The trip could cause friction with Chinese leadership, which opposes other countries having relations with Taiwan and sees such activities as a challenge to Beijing's claim of sovereignty over the independent island.
While Taiwan is backed by the United States for its democracy, Tr...
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15.03.26 - 13:21
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US Navy Surveillance Plane Made Provocative Flight Over Taiwan Strait, Weeks Before Trump-Xi Summit (ZeroHedge)
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US Navy Surveillance Plane Made Provocative Flight Over Taiwan Strait, Weeks Before Trump-Xi Summit
With the world's attention hyper-focused on fast-paced events in Iran and the effectively shuttered vital oil transit hub, the Hormuz Strait, some significant things were also happening around Taiwan this past week.
The US military confirmed that a P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a move that predictably drew Beijing's attention.
US Navy
China said it monitored the US Navy aircraft as it passed through the narrow waterway separating Taiwan from mainland China.
"By operating within the Taiwan Strait in accordance with international law, the United States upholds the navigational rights and freedoms of all nations," the US 7th Fleet said in a statement, adding the transit "demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific."
The latest fly-through comes just weeks before President Donald Trump is ...
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