Taiwan s President Tsai Ing-wen gives a speech after visiting the Navy s 131st Fleet in Keelung
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen told emissaries visiting at U.S. President Joe Biden’s request on Thursday that the island would work with the United States to deter threats from Chinese military activities.
Former senior U.S. officials, including former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg, are visiting Taipei in a trip to signal Biden’s commitment to Taiwan and its democracy.
Tsai told the U.S. delegation in a meeting at the Presidential Office that Chinese military activities in the region have threatened regional peace and stability.
By Yimou Lee
TAIPEI, April 15 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen told emissaries visiting at U.S. President Joe Biden s request on Thursday that the island would work with the United States to deter threats from Chinese military activities.
Former senior U.S. officials, including former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg, are visiting Taipei in a trip to signal Biden s commitment to Taiwan and its democracy.
Tsai told the U.S. delegation in a meeting at the Presidential Office that Chinese military activities in the region have threatened regional peace and stability.
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The People s Liberation Army is capable of substantially subduing the U.S. Navy in the waters around China, a Communist Party-owned newspaper boasted this week following a recent encounter in the Western Pacific.
Global Times, the country s nationalistic tabloid, published the fiery response by chief editor Hu Xijin a day after the U.S. Navy released a viral photograph showing two commanding officers casually monitoring China s flagship aircraft carrier
Liaoning as it sails by.
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Taiwan is China s most sensitive territorial issue and a major source of contention with Washington, which is required by U.S. law to provide the island with the means to defend itself.
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Former US Senator Chris Dodd (L) speaks at a meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen at the presidential office in Taipei on April 15, 2021
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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen told emissaries visiting at U.S. President Joe Biden s request on Thursday that the island would work with the United States to deter threats from Chinese military activities.