Live Update: Military Drill from China, Taiwan, and the U.S. following Nancy Pelosi trip to Asia
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Live Update: Military Drill from China, Taiwan, and the U.S. following Nancy Pelosi trip to Asia
include readouts Biden - Xi Jinping every call; tension of securitization in entirely Asia (Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Republic of Philippines, etc)
Nancy Pelosi meet Taiwan Parliament (9.11 am), and in 2nd meeting, meet President Tsai Ing-wen + VP Lai Ching-te in Presidential Palace (August 3rd, 2022, 10.30 am local time), less than 12 hours after Pelosi landed (August 2nd, 10.47 pm local time / GMT+8). With SPAR19 airplane, Pelosi departs Taiwan on 6.42 pm local time).
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The Hotline - Call Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (Joe Biden) and Xi Jinping.
Thursday, July 28th 2022. (8.33 am DC Time/8.33 am ET - 10.50 am ET; 8.33 pm Beijing - 10.50 pm Beijing).
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(translation in English from readout by China side):
(August 3rd 2022, 6.42 pm local time, Nancy Pelosi departs Taiwan)
(translation in English from readout by China side) about Xi Jinping - Biden call:
The U.S. should abide by “ONE CHINA POLICY / ONE CHINA PRINCIPLE”, act in line with its words.
Defining China - U.S. relation (SINO-U.S.) from the perspective of competition is “misjudging and misreading”, which will “mislead” the two peoples and the international community.
11.00 pm local time, she's abruptly tweeted. After last hours with marks "Twitter Web App", Pelosi tweet about Taiwan with marks "Twitter by iPhone", signaling Pelosi herself to tweet (no longer her assistant). The highest U.S. administration visit Taiwan after Speaker Newt Gingrich (1997).
China and the U.S. should maintain communication on major issues such as macroeconomic policy coordination, maintaining the stability of global industrial and supply chains, and ensuring global energy security and food security.
Xi Jinping emphasized (again) the Taiwan issue.
2 high ranking the U.S. administration already in near China territory. Pelosi (second in line after POTUS Biden) in Taiwan, and Blinken in Phnom Penh.
10.10 pm Beijing time / GMT+8 (August 2nd), China sent Sukhoi straight to Taiwan
perspective on disruption to maritime traffic that China's announced closure areas will cause, here's a depiction of them overlaid on the current Marine Traffic dashboard picture (w/ fishing boats filtered out). Traffic will be able to go around, but that's a lot to avoid for 3 days.
China PLA military exercise: 4-7 August 2022
Xi reiterate, China is firmly opposed to Taiwan Independence and Interference by external forces. The U.S. should abide by the “ONE CHINA PRINCIPLE / ONE CHINA POLICY” and implement the Three China - U.S. Joint Communiques in line with its words and deeds.
China and the U.S. should work to cool down regional hotspot issues and help the World to get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Economic Stagnation, and the Risk of Recession. Position of the Chinese government & people on the Taiwan issue is consistent. It's firm will of over 1.4 billion Chinese people to safeguard China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Those who play with fire will get burned.
Biden:
I would like to reiterate that the U.S. position of “ONE CHINA POLICY” has not changed and will not change.
The U.S. doesn’t support Taiwan Independence. The U.S. hopes to maintain unimpeded dialogue with China, enhance mutual understanding, avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation (Biden referred to “Strategic Ambiguity” of the U.S. about Taiwan, because Biden 2 months ago in Tokyo repeated or reiterate about “Strategic Ambiguity”at the QUAD Meeting). The U.S. seeks cooperation in areas where interests converge and properly manage differences.
*U.S., Australia, a QUAD member (beside India, Japan)
*Bipartisan U.S. Congress view about China, click here
Xi Jinping pointed out that in the world today, the trends of turbulence and transformation are evolving, and deficits in development and security are looming large. Faced with a world of change and disorder, the international community and the people around the world expected China and the U.S. to take the lead in upholding world peace and security and in promoting global development and prosperity. This is the responsibility of China and the U.S. as two only superpower.
Xi Jinping underscored that to approach and define China - the U.S. relations in terms of strategic competition and view China as the primary rival and the most serious long-term challenge would be misperceiving China - the U.S. relations and misreading China’s development, and would mislead the people of the two countries and the international community.
The two sides need to maintain communication at all levels and make good use of existing channels to promote bilateral cooperation. Recognizing the many challenges facing the global economy, Xi Jinping underscored the need for China and the U.S. to maintain communication on such important issues as coordinating macroeconomic policies, keeping global industrial and supply chains stable, and protecting global energy and food security. Attempts at decoupling or severing supply chains in defiance of underlying laws would not help boost the U.S. economy.
They would only make the world economy more vulnerable. The two sides need to work for de-escalation of regional hotspots, help rid the world of COVID-19 as early as possible, reduce the risk of stagflation and recession, and uphold the international system centering on the United Nation and the international order underpinned by international law.
Xi Jinping elaborated on China’s principled position on the Taiwan question. President Xi highlighted that the historical ins and outs of the Taiwan question are “CRYSTAL CLEAR”, and so are the fact and status quo that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one and the same China. The Three Sino - the U.S. joint communiqués embody the political commitments made by the two sides, and the “ONE CHINA PRINCIPLE / ONE CHINA POLICY” is the political foundation for China-US relations.
China firmly opposes separatist moves toward “Taiwan independence” and interference by external forces, and never allows any room for “Taiwan independence” forces in whatever form. The position of the Chinese government and people on the Taiwan question is consistent, and resolutely safeguarding China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the firm will of the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people. The public opinion cannot be defied. Those who play with fire will perish by it. It is hoped that the U.S. will be clear-eyed about this.
Both Xi Jinping & Joe Biden believed that the call was candid and in-depth, agreed to stay in touch, and instructed the Working Teams of the Two Sides to continue communication and cooperation in this regard.
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*until 1.20 am Beijing Time (Friday, July 29th), or 1.20 pm DC/1.20 pm ET (Thursday, July 28th) not yet Readout from The White House side. The White House immediately (after Biden - Xi Jinping call) set a live conference about the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
but 1.44 pm ET (2 hours & 54 minutes after call ended), by email, White House sent a readout:
