“I just returned from Ukraine two days ago, my next stop will be Taiwan,” Fitzpatrick said during the hearing. “These people are scared to death.”US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks via videoconference during a US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in Washington on Monday. Photo: BloombergFitzpatrick asked Blinken if the US would “do whatever it takes” to support Ukraine and Taiwan from Russian and Chinese aggression respectively. Asked about Chinese state-run media’s ongoing attempts to draw parallels between the US’ relationship with Taiwan and Washington’s abandonment of Afghanistan, Blinken said that Beijing would love to see Washington stuck in Afghanistan for another decade. Blinken added that the Biden administration could not renegotiate because of the group’s threats to resume killing Americans.

Source: Taipei Times September 14, 2021 15:56 UTC