Try refreshing your browser, or Derek H. Burney: China’s threats against Taiwan are more troubling than ever Back to video For decades, Western countries, including Canada, have dodged Beijing’s “one China” policy that explicitly included Taiwan by “taking note,” tacitly acknowledging China’s position without endorsing or rejecting it. Following a more than three-hour virtual dialogue with president Xi, Biden alluded to Taiwan “independence” in impromptu press remarks. He later clarified that he was “not encouraging Taiwan independence” nor was he changing U.S. policy. Article content China’s thuggish repression of civil rights in Hong Kong, which prompted little more than rhetorical “tut, tut” finger wagging in the West, is not a promising omen. Xi declared that Taiwan independence “was a grave lurking threat to national rejuvenation”….

Source: National Post November 23, 2021 18:31 UTC