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US remains committed to Taiwan, Pentagon says
Staff writer, with CNA, Washington
The US would continue to fulfill its commitments to Taiwan’s self-defense needs and to the security of the Indo-Pacific region, US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday.
The comments came after Chinese Ministry of National Defense spokesman Colonel Wu Qian (吳謙) defended Beijing’s increased military activity in the Taiwan Strait, saying that Taiwan “independence means war.”
Kirby said that Wu’s remarks were “unfortunate and certainly not commensurate with our intention to meet our obligations under the [US] Taiwan Relations Act.”
The US Department of Defense “sees no reason why tensions over Taiwan need to lead to anything like confrontation,” he said in response to media queries at a news conference.
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Dept. of Education Investigating UA Involvement with Wuhan Lab
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The University of Alabama is being questioned by the U.S. Department of Education for potential involvement with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) after the mention of a stated partnership between the school and the lab was discovered earlier this year.
The connection in question appears on the WIV s Partnerships webpage. Alongside the University of Alabama included other American companies and institutions like the University of North Texas, Harvard University, EcoHealth Alliance, The National Institutes of Health and the National Wildlife Federation.