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US Says Chinese Regime’s Pressure on Taiwan ‘A Threat to All Democracies’

March 31, 2022
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TAIPEI—The Chinese regime’s diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan represents a threat to all democracies and the United States is committed to helping the island defend itself, Washington’s top diplomat in Taipei said. Speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan event late on Wednesday, Sandra Oudkirk, director of the American Institute in Taiwan which…

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US Could Lose East Asia If Taiwan Falls to China, Former US Diplomat Says

December 17, 2021
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Losing Taiwan to China would be a disaster for the United States, and Washington needs to do more for the self-ruled island’s defense, a former U.S. diplomat said. “If Taiwan falls into Chinese hands, Japan is totally isolated. It’s cut off. The [first] island chain is broken,” William Stanton recently told NTD, The Epoch Times’…

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US Official Encourages People to Do Language Exchange Programs in Taiwan Instead of China

January 17, 2021
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—U.S. de-facto ambassador to Taiwan said on Jan. 16 that people should turn to Taiwan to learn the Chinese language instead of mainland China. He especially warned about the language programs offered by Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes (CIs) on U.S. college campuses. William Brent Christensen, the Taipei office director of the American Institute in Taiwan…

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