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US - China and the Taiwan issue

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“There is a fine line between deterring China and provoking it. My take is that while we should do significantly more to help Taiwan boost defenses and deter aggression, we should do so quietly, without needlessly humiliating China. Sometimes Americans loudly embrace Taiwan in ways that inflame tensions at times when we should be hoping to lower them. Let me also make the case that we think too much in terms of an invasion - when the greater risk may be China's taking lesser nibbles to pressure Taiwan, leading to the possibility of accidents and escalation that could drag us into an unintended world war, as happened in 1914.”

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NY Times columnist, author
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“This transit [of Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen] is consistent with our longstanding unofficial relationship with Taiwan and it is consistent with the United States's 'One China' policy, which remains unchanged. There is no reason - none - for the Chinese to overreact here. The People's Republic of China should not use this transit as a pretext to step up any activity around the Taiwan strait.”

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White House national security spokesperson
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“The US has a unique responsibility to Taiwan and is obligated to maintain a military presence in the region. The passing of the Taiwan Relations Act in 1979 meant that the US has the obligation to ensure that Taiwan is able to deter possible Chinese invasion, present or future.”

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US ambassador to China
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“If China failed to take control of Taiwan bloodlessly then they are going to look at a military invasion in my judgement. We have to be prepared for this. The odds are very high that we could see a conflict with China and Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific.”

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Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the US House of Representatives
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“War with China would produce destruction on a scale unseen by the United States since 1945. Deterrence is possible and affordable, but it will require planning, some resources and political will. In four weeks of fighting, the United States typically lost hundreds of aircraft, two aircraft carriers and up to two dozen other ships. Bases on Guam were devastated. The Taiwanese economy suffered extensive damage. Japan was often dragged into war. China also took terrible losses, often including more than 100 warships and tens of thousands of soldiers killed, wounded or captured. Such a failure might endanger the Chinese Communist Party's grip on power.”

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Senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) International Security Program and former U.S. Marine Corps colonel
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“I absolutely believe there need not be a new Cold War. I've met many times with Xi Jinping. And we were candid and clear with one another across the board. And I do not think there's any imminent attempt on the part of China to invade Taiwan. And I made it clear that our policy in Taiwan has not changed at all. We're going to compete vigorously, but I'm not looking for conflict. I'm looking to manage this competition responsibly. And I want to make sure that every country abides by the international rules of the road.”

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President of the United States
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“The US has provided weaponry to Taiwan for many, many decades, but the timing of the new sale had political or public relations value coming amid heightened tensions between Taipei and Beijing. To be frank this sale is relatively small. The bulk of the sale is related to the maintenance of existing radar facilities. China is likely to respond, and has already started with statements. Beijing could also launch more incursions in Taiwan's air defence identification zone, start new military exercises, ban certain Taiwanese products from being imported to China, impose sanctions against US and Taiwanese government officials, or take action against US companies doing business in China. So China always has the options, of using any of those tools. It won't stop this particular weapons sale though.”

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Asia political risk analyst based in Taipei
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“We have said from the start that our representation here is not about changing the status quo in Taiwan or the region. The Chinese government is not pleased that our friendship with Taiwan is a strong one. It is bipartisan in the House and in the Senate, overwhelming support for peace and the status quo in Taiwan.”

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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“She's a high-ranking official in the U.S. government. But it is not unusual. I was there three months ago with five other senators. We have a longstanding history of visiting Taiwan. And so we can't let the Chinese say who can and cannot visit Taiwan.”

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US Senator for New Jersey and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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“The US arms sales to the Taiwan region of China seriously violate the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17 Communiqué, gravely undermine China's sovereignty and security interests, and severely harm China-US relations and cross-Strait peace and stability. China firmly opposes this and strongly condemns this. China urges the US to abide by the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiqués, immediately revoke the arms sales plan, and stop arms sales to and military ties with Taiwan. China will take legitimate and strong measures to resolutely defend its sovereignty and security interests.”

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Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry
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“Neither [China and United States] has, or likely will achieve, the credible capability to attain all-out victory against the other, in light of the nuclear arsenals available to each side. Were China to attempt to take Taiwan by force and fail, the former would not simply abandon its mission. Instead, it would try other means, be they military or economic, to annex Taiwan, leading to a prolonged conflict. Conversely, were China to attack and win a fight against Taiwanese and U.S.-allied forces, an embittered U.S. and its allies would be certain to try to open another battlefront against China at a later stage, further endangering world peace.”

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Senior fellow at The Brookings Institution
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“I think the Chinese would be ill-advised to assume that if the United States did not intervene militarily in a Ukraine crisis, that means the United States would not intervene militarily in a Taiwan crisis. They really are different.”

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Director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States
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“The US wants to strike a balance, as it does not want to offend the Chinese mainland too much, but at the same time, it wants to show it will not stop playing 'the Taiwan card.' This includes calling the entities it invited 'participants' rather than 'countries.' The excitement of Taiwan secessionists over the invitation reflects the Taiwan DPP [Democratic Progressive Party] authority's difficult international situation.”

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Senior cross-Straits expert at Minnan Normal University in East China's Fujian Province
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“The friction between these two leading world powers has grown too wide and deep to bridge with diplomatic niceties. They disagree on almost everything from trade and security to human rights, and in the rare case they agree on an outcome, they disagree on the process. But some of the disagreements, such as the future of Taiwan, are boiling over, risking bringing the two powers into direct confrontation in a reckless test of wills. Beijing seems to insist on bringing the self-governed island back into the fold, by force, if necessary, while Washington appears determined to push back against China's use of military intimidation and economic and diplomatic blackmail to strong-arm Taiwan into submission.”

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Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera
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“We should be concerned. I don't think it's going to war overnight, but it is in a situation where you can have a mishap or a miscalculation and be in a very delicate situation. Washington has significantly boosted engagement with Taipei, China has increasingly tested Taiwan's air defenses and the government in Taipei has taken steps such as printing passports with the name Taiwan on them. All these moves raise suspicions and tensions and anxieties, and make it more likely that a mishap or miscalculation can happen. Everybody says the right thing, but if you look at what is happening it is not a static situation.”

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Prime Minister of Singapore
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“Current trends in the US, with more focused security 'guarantees' to Taiwan (if implicit), are a major impediment to China succeeding in convincing Taiwan that it has no choice but to capitulate. Xi [Xi Jinping] will therefore seek signals [from Biden] which can be exploited for such propaganda efforts; whether Biden will give him that is very much in question. I doubt that he will.”

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Taipei-based senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Canada
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“I believe the Taiwan question would be the top priority of the upcoming meeting, and we will reaffirm our basic position on the question while sounding a warning to the US, and urging it to act in a restrained way. However, the two sides are unlikely to reach any consensus on this question as there is still strong motivation inside the US government to continue playing the Taiwan card, which is seen as one of Washington's most useful leverages against Beijing.”

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Deputy director of the Center for US Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai
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“The US has been manipulating the Taiwan question in an attempt to use it as leverage to shadow and control the mainland, but it's bound to shoot itself in the foot.”

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Chinese Ambassador to the United States
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“The US is trying to create 'one China' and 'one Taiwan' in the UN and turn such a trick into a long-term bargaining chip to pressure Beijing. This is a new offensive against China. The world can see this, and Blinken's rhetoric will not deceive the international community. Taiwan's practical communication with UN agencies on civil aviation and public health matters has never been an obstacle. What the US wants now is exactly a political breakthrough. They think the whole world is stupid!”

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Editorial piece by Global Times
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“The US is getting nervous about the latest development in the Taiwan Straits as it has seen the strong determination and strength of the Chinese mainland to solve the Taiwan question, and it might not be able to keep the Taiwan card in its hands anymore. So it wants to internationalize the Taiwan question, to transfer the matter from China's internal affairs to an 'international issue,' so that it could create more trouble to the process of the reunification of China.”

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Associate dean of the Renmin University of China's School of International Studies
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