US, PRC, ROC | 2024

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UK representative lauds Taiwan ties.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1827985592023679169

 

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President Lai sees record number of foreign visitors to Taiwan in first 100 days.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1827924696140284180

 

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Under the leadership of Australia, Pacific Island nations agreed on a regional policing plan. The move is seen as a response to China's influence in the region.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828686955455852679

 

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German warships pass via Taiwan Strait for the first time in 22 years

Chancellor Olaf Scholz downplayed a question about the matter during a press conference, stating, "There's not much to say... it's an international waterway."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1834658882196488687

 

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US-British statement: Emphasizing the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1835088947409555795

 

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A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan for the first time, Japan's military said on Wednesday, in the latest move by Beijing to anger the close US ally.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1836392228127973783

 

[NuclearID]

Taiwan deepening security cooperation with US, other 'allies':

TAIPEI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Taiwan's combat effectiveness has improved thanks to its deepening security partnership with the United States and other friends and "allies" but this is kept deliberately low key, the island's defence minister said. Democratically governed Taiwan, which is claimed by China as its own territory, does not have treaty based defence relations with Washington or any of its allies, though the United States is bound by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself and military officials from both sides do conduct visits and training.

Beijing frequently erupts with anger at any hint of countries having military ties with Taiwan, and has repeatedly sanctioned U.S. arms companies for selling weapons to Taipei. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday in comments embargoed until Thursday, Defence Minister Wellington Koo made rare comments about those relations, given their sensitivity. "In the past few years, Taiwan, the United States and other friends and allies have continuously strengthened security partnerships and continued to expand and deepen military cooperation," he said.

"This has contributed to the improvement of the national military's combat effectiveness and regional peace and stability."
Cooperation focuses on "substantively improving" combat effectiveness rather than just "formality", Koo said.
"The Defence Ministry has never publicised this foreign military cooperation with great fanfare. This is to take into account the international situation and respect for our friends and allies; it is also to avoid unnecessary interference," he added, in a veiled reference to China.

https://www.reuters.com/world/taiwan-deepening-security-cooperation-with-us-other-allies-2024-09-19/?taid=66eb892d50982d0001f29425&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

 

[Ben Dhyani]

China says test-launched ICBM with ‘dummy warhead’ into Pacific

First public test-launch of missile likely to raise concerns about China’s nuclear build-up.

www.aljazeera.com

China has said it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean.
The ICBM, carrying a dummy warhead, was launched by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force at 8.44am (00:55 GMT) on Wednesday and “fell into expected sea areas”, the Chinese Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

 

[Ben Dhyani]

I really do have sympathy for US tax payers...

US approves $567m in military support for Taiwan

The support is the latest move by Washington to boost the island's military in the face of rising tensions with China.

www.aljazeera.com

US approves $567m in military support for Taiwan

In a brief statement on Sunday, the White House said Biden had delegated the secretary of state “to direct the drawdown of up to $567 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Taiwan”.
While the US does not have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, it is Taipei’s most significant international backer and arms supplier. China has repeatedly demanded Washington stop selling weapons to Taipei, which it claims as its territory.

 

[BorisBadenov]

I really do have sympathy for US tax payers...

US approves $567m in military support for Taiwan

The support is the latest move by Washington to boost the island's military in the face of rising tensions with China.

www.aljazeera.com

US approves $567m in military support for Taiwan

In a brief statement on Sunday, the White House said Biden had delegated the secretary of state “to direct the drawdown of up to $567 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Taiwan”.
While the US does not have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, it is Taipei’s most significant international backer and arms supplier. China has repeatedly demanded Washington stop selling weapons to Taipei, which it claims as its territory.

To put this into perspective, it is only $5 per tax payer to cover this bill. Considering the IRS take about $1500 per taxpayer annually...that is roughly 500 Billion to fund extracurricular things.

 

[Ben Dhyani]

To put this into perspective, it is only $5 per tax payer to cover this bill. Considering the IRS take about $1500 per taxpayer annually...that is roughly 500 Billion to fund extracurricular things.

The US has a lot of extracurricular military support costs at the moment, I was also thinking of the seeming never ending NATO/Ukraine, and Israel/Middle East military funding requests.

 

[BorisBadenov]

The US has a lot of extracurricular military support costs at the moment, I was also thinking of the seeming never ending NATO/Ukraine, and Israel/Middle East military funding requests.

Drop in the bucket for our tax dollars. We like to shift things like education and healthcare to the military machine. Who needs free healthcare when you can send 10% of your population to die every few years?