China
China elevates warnings to U.S. over possible Pelosi visit to Taiwan
China is elevating official warnings to the White House regarding recent admissions that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan in August, according to sources who spoke to the Financial Times.
According to the Financial Times report Saturday, Beijing’s threats are significantly stronger than the previous warnings. The Chinese Communist Party has previously warned the United States that any interference with its political involvement in Taiwan would be seen as an affront to China. China has claimed that Taiwan is part of its nation. However, Taiwan sees it very differently and there have been numerous uprisings against the Chinese government and many young Taiwanese freedom fighters have been threatened by the communist regime.
The Financial Times cited several people familiar with the situation, who spoke to the news agency on condition of anonymity.
An earlier report from the Financial Times, on July 18, revealed that Pelosi had planned on visiting Taiwan.
In early July, the Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe met his US counterpart Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in an informal meeting at the Asian security summit in Singapore, according to the BBC and other reports.
Wei noted that dividing Taiwan from China will leave the Chinese military without a choice but to “fight at any cost.” Austin stated that actions taken recently by the Chinese military have been “provocative, and destabilizing.”
He said there were record numbers of Chinese aircraft flying near the island on a near-daily basis, which “undermine peace and stability in the region.”
China views self-ruled Taiwan as an integral part of China’s territory, a stance that prompted Mr Wei to condemn US arms sales to Taiwan.
This story is developing. Return for updates.
You can follow Sara A. Carter on Twitter @SaraCarterDC
Reportedly President Joe Biden is making deals with Chinese President Xi Jinping to help improve anti-drug trafficking measures. China is one of the top fentanyl producers and distributors, culminating in a pandemic of fentanyl overdoses and deaths in the United States.
The Biden administration will be lifting sanctions on a Chinese government ministry, in exchange for bolstering anti-drug trafficking measures, Bloomberg reported. “We’re hoping to see some progress on that issue this coming week,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Monday, according to the New York Post. “That could then open the door to further cooperation on other issues where we aren’t just managing things, but we’re actually delivering tangible results.”
The Daily Caller News Foundation noted that should a deal materialize, it will be at least the third time that China has promised to get tough on fentanyl. In 2016, China agreed to increase counter-narcotics operations, and Xi again agreed to launch a crackdown in 2018. Nonetheless, China and Mexico are “the primary source countries for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked directly into the United States,” according to a 2020 DEA intelligence report.
“China remains the primary source of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked through international mail and express consignment operations environment, as well as the main source for all fentanyl-related substances trafficked into the United States.”
President Joe Biden and Xi are meeting for the first time in over a year during this week’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco. Sources familiar with the situation told Bloomberg that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will crack down on Chinese companies manufacturing chemical precursors for fentanyl in exchange for the U.S. lifting sanctions on the Ministry of Public Security’s Institute of Forensic Science, which the Commerce Department added to the Entity List in 2020 for “engaging in human rights violations and abuses” in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
-
Israel4 days agoAs More Evidence Shows Hamas War Crimes, Biden Administration Continues to Gaslight Israel
-
Elections4 days agoVideotapes from Jan. 6 Committee Witness Interviews Vanish
-
National Security4 days agoISIS-Inspired Teen’s Sinister Plot Foiled: Lone Wolf Threat Neutralized in Las Vegas
-
Israel4 days agoMenorah lightings canceled around the world as towns remove Jewish symbols over Hamas war
Scott
July 24, 2022 at 9:19 am
They will not keep her for long. They will realize that America is better without her, and they will send her back to keep wreaking havoc.
rbblum
July 24, 2022 at 11:51 am
Any government agency taking the position that Pelosi should not go to Taiwan is but a reflection of how conflicted and compromised dear ‘ol Joe truly is.