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ChinaSurroundingTaiwan
On April 8, 2023, China conducted a military drill, surrounding Taiwan with a sudden
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announcementofthedrillfromApril8to10.Onthefirstday,Chinadispatched71military
aircrafts and nine warships around Taiwan, which is an unusually large number. This
appears to be a countermove for the visit of Taiwanese President, Tsai Ing-wen, to the
United States on March 29, 2023, where she met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
In August 2022, China also demonstrated its opposition to the U.S. with a siege-style
military exercise when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. Unlike last year, the
▲TsaiIng-wen(L),theTaiwanesePresident,
Apriltrainingwasrelativelymildwithoutlivefire.Butexpertssaythatthismaybeamore
meeting with Kevin McCarthy(R), the
detailedexercisethathastakenastepforwardfromlastyear’straining.
HouseSpeakeroftheU.S.
ThereasonforChina’ssensitivitycanbefoundinthe“OneChina”policy.Accordingtothispolicy,TaiwanisapartofChina,not
anindependentcountry.ChinaarguesthattheU.S.diplomacywithTaiwanisaninfringementofsovereignty,treatingTaiwanasan
independentcountry.However,theU.S.viewsthecontinuingsmoothrelationswithTaiwanasanissuethatChinacannotintervene
in.
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XiJinping,theGeneralSecretaryoftheChineseCommunistParty,andEmmanuelMacron,
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FrenchPresident,mettwiceduringMacron’striptoChina.OnApril6,theymetattheGreat
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HallofthePeopleinBeijing,andonceagaininSongyuan,Guangzhou,onApril7.During
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the visit, China and France signed several economic deals worth billions of dollars. At the
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same time, France, along with other major European countries, continue to warn of the
possibilityofChina’ssupportforRussiaandraisequestionsabouthumanrightsinChina.
▲Xi Jinping(R), the General Secretary
These countries are showing a twofold attitude toward China. EU Commission President
of PRC. and Macron(L), the French
President,areshakinghands.
UrsulavonderLeyenstatedaboutEU-ChinarelationsonMarch3,2023,atEuropeanPolicy
Center:“HowChinacontinuestointeractwithPutin’swarwillbeadeterminingfactorforEU-Chinarelationsgoingforward.”Vonder
Leyeobserved,however,“IbelieveitisneitherviablenorinEurope’sinteresttodecouplefromChina.”Europeclaimsthatitshould
takethepositionofamediatorintheUkrainianwarandconflictsinrelationsbetweentheU.S.andChina.TheEUhasdeepeconomic
tieswithChina,whichrankssecondintheproportionofEUexportsandfirstinimportsat23percent.China’sfriendlyrelationswith
EuropecanconfirmthatChinaseekstoavoidisolationfromtheinternationalcommunityamiditsstrifewiththeU.S.
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