US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised Taiwan for having 'one of the freest societies in the world' as China stepped up military drills off the island.
The growing tensions between China and Taiwan explained
Xi Jinping is about to hold a meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee confirming that he can stay on as president for life beyond two terms in office. Xi went beyond the careful language of his predecessors to state officially that"unification must be fulfilled" and soon, because the Taiwan issue"cannot be passed down from generation to generation".
This only amounts to gestures of defiance. In practice, nations worried about China still want to keep their position on Taiwan ambiguous.
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