A strategy outlined this month by China for Taiwan, a self-ruled democratic island, shows the Communist government's resolve in unifying the two sides without making any new threats, experts say. The Taiwan Affairs Office statement mainly amplifies China's previously stated ambitions, said Denny Roy, senior fellow at the East-West Center think tank in Hawaii. Liu…
China points to ‘comprehensive strength’ as a peaceful way of unifying China and Taiwan, but Beijing warns of ‘taking all necessary measures’ against pro-independence forces
just taken by force is just not appropriate, it will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in ukraine. brian hioe is the founding editor of new bloom magazine in taiwan, andjoins us now from taipei. welcome to you, thanks very much for being with us. what did you make of president biden s comments? is it a departure from us policy? it happened a few times before. at this point, president biden makes a comment that seems to support taiwan, which suggests the us will become involved but then these comments are often quickly walked back by the state department and because this has happened a few times they wouldn t taken as representing a substantial shift from policy in that way. how do people there feel about these comments? i how do people there feel about these comments? how do people there feel about these comments? i think people are often supportive these comments? i think people are often supportive of- these comments? i think people are oft