THREAT TO PEACE: Washington plans to ‘responsibly’ manage its relationship with Beijing to maintain stability in the Taiwan Strait, US Secretary of State Blinken said/ Staff writer, with CNA
China’s increasingly provocative rhetoric and actions against Taiwan are “deeply destabilizing,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a key China policy speech on Thursday.
“Beijing is engaged in increasingly provocative rhetoric and activity, like flying PLA [Chinese People’s Liberation Army] aircraft near Taiwan on an almost daily basis,” Blinken said in the 45-minute speech at George Washington University in Washington, during which he outlined the US administration’s policy toward China.
“These words and actions are deeply destabilizing,” and “risk miscalculation and threaten the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait,” he said.
Blinken said that the US would manage its
Inflation could cause Taiwan’s GDP growth to drop below 4 percent this year, or 0.4 percentage points than the government’s forecast, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-aligned National Policy Foundation said yesterday.
The party-affiliated think tank made the comment at a news conference that highlighted inflation and energy issues on the sixth anniversary of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration.
Lin Chu-chia (林祖嘉), the think tank’s economic and fiscal policy convener, said that the COVID-19 pandemic, the central bank’s interest rate hike and inflation would likely have a cooling effect on economic growth.
The consumer price index last month showed a year-on-year increase of 3.38
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) yesterday rebutted rumors that former KMT member Hsu Hsin-ying (徐欣瑩) was planning to run in November’s local elections, after accepting Hsu’s application to rejoin the KMT.
Hsu, who left the KMT seven years ago to found the Republican Party, yesterday led 100 young people who joined her in filing applications at KMT headquarters.
Chu accepted the applications and gave Hsu her party membership certificate.
Asked by a reporter if she was thinking about running in November’s elections, Hsu answered that she had not even thought about it.
Chu said that Hsu’s return to
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday urged the government to extend the operating licenses of nuclear power plants to help it reach its net-zero carbon emissions goals.
The nation cannot ignore its large carbon footprint, which would cause irreparable harm to the planet, Taiwan and the next generation of Taiwanese, the KMT said.
Touting this year’s Earth Day theme, “Invest in Our Planet,” the KMT said it hosted three forums in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung to discuss power shortages, air pollution and sustainability.
The party said that those attending the events agreed that for the world to reach net-zero carbon emission targets, industries