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Lee Seong-hyon

Inserted 2 years ago

“For Xi Jinping, the summit was about bolstering his international credentials ahead of his unprecedented third term next year. For Joe Biden, it was about managing voter sentiment ahead of next year's mid-term elections and allying American allies' fears of increasing international disorder. In other words, they needed to take a breather from what Biden called 'extreme competition' to attend to their respective needs, while having an opportunity to size up the other side through the summit.”

Koreatimes

Visiting scholar at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

23 Nov 2021 5 2

J Michael Cole

Inserted 2 years ago

“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.”

Aljazeera

Taipei-based senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Canada

15 Nov 2021 5 4

Daniel Russel

Inserted 2 years ago

“Both Biden and Xi are worried by the risk of a military incident escalating. Biden knows that the tools for prevention and crisis management are rusty, so we should expect him to push to put in place safeguards or 'guardrails' to reduce risk. The Sept. 9 call between the presidents began with Xi listing complaints, but ended with a constructive agreement for officials to continue discussions. This suggests that the personal relationship Biden built with Xi a decade ago is still strong, and that each conversation can add some stability to the mix.”

Taipeitimes

Former US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific

13 Nov 2021 5 2

Sean King

Inserted 2 years ago

“It took former President Trump 17 months to nominate an ambassador to South Korea, so I'm not overly concerned that President Biden hasn't yet sent forth a name for Seoul. What's more, U.S. Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim (who himself served as ambassador to South Korea from 2011 to 2014) can also function as a more than capable go-between with Seoul until President Biden makes his choice.”

Koreatimes

Senior vice president at Park Strategies

07 Nov 2021 5 2

Guy Cecil

Inserted 2 years ago

“This election is a warning for all Democrats. While DC Democrats spent weeks fighting each other, Republicans were focused on mobilizing their base and peeling away voters from the Biden coalition using deceptive, divisive tactics.”

Theguardian

Chair of the Democratic political group Priorities USA

03 Nov 2021 3 2

Tom Davis

Inserted 2 years ago

“What's happened here is Terry McAuliffe has nationalised the race. He has brought Biden in. This is the first political test of Biden's presidency.”

Aljazeera

Former Republican member of the House of Representatives from Virginia and former chair of House Republican’s campaign arm

01 Nov 2021 4 3

Mark Rozelle

Inserted 2 years ago

“The race [between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin] is a statistical dead-heat and that was not expected. Youngkin has been a stronger candidate than many had predicted. The Democratic brand is suffering right now, under the weight of Biden's declining popularity, what happened in Afghanistan, and the perception that Democrats in Washington can't get things done right now. This will send shockwaves through the Democratic Party if they lose Virginia, because Republicans will take this to mean that, if they can win in a blue trending state, they can win in a lot of other places they've been told they can't win in 2022.”

Aljazeera

Dean of the Schar School of Public Policy and Government at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia

01 Nov 2021 11 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is no change in our policy. We've had a long-standing commitment that, by the way, then-senator Biden strongly supported when he was in the United States Senate, a long-standing commitment pursuant to the Taiwan Relations Act to make sure that Taiwan has the means to defend itself, and we stand by that. The president stood by that strongly, and we want to make sure that no one takes any unilateral action that would disrupt the 'status quo' with regard to Taiwan. That hasn't changed.”

Taipeitimes

U.S. Secretary of State

31 Oct 2021 3 3

Global Times

Inserted 2 years ago

“Biden does not have the political authority to announce that the US military will 'defend Taiwan' when a war breaks out, nor does he have the confidence to have a strategic collision with the Chinese mainland in the Taiwan Straits to support Taiwan secessionists until a desperate fight erupts, and make the Americans bear the risk of a bottomless war for Taiwan island. So, even if he dared to make a slip of the tongue, he would dare not really think so from the bottom of his heart.”

Globaltimes

Editorial piece by Global Times

22 Oct 2021 6 6

Diao Daming

Inserted 2 years ago

“The US is in the process of constantly clarifying its one-China policy, including some so-called Taiwan-related legislation passed in the Trump era. No matter what the White House says, Biden's remarks illustrate a US obsession with Taiwan on which his younger aides, including members of Congress, are not backing down... In some areas the adjustment may be positive, in others, however, it may be more negative. Biden is trying to convince himself of what to avoid, but at the same time he can't let go of this hyped-up obsession on certain issues. If this contradiction remains for a long term, there can only be one explanation: Biden wants to see a clash happen in the Taiwan Straits but doesn't want to take responsibility if that happens, which is extremely dangerous.”

Globaltimes

Associate professor at the Renmin University of China in Beijing

22 Oct 2021 9 5

Ramon Pacheco Pardo

Inserted 2 years ago

“I think that it is one of the issues under discussion among the parties involved in the North Korea issue. The Moon government is openly pressing for an end of war declaration, including the President himself and the ministers of foreign affairs and unification. And it would be an important political move if it happens. North Korea has realized that it has to address U.S.-North Korea and inter-Korean relations in parallel now that Biden is U.S. president. It has also realized that it has to address political relations with the U.S., inter-Korean reconciliation, nuclear issues and possible economic assistance in parallel. This wasn't the case during the Trump years, but it is under Biden.”

Koreatimes

Professor of international relations at King's College London

18 Oct 2021 7 7

Austin Wang

Inserted 2 years ago

“Pro-DPP [Democratic Progressive Party] supporters appeared unperturbed by Biden, while those leaning centre or right towards the KMT were more sceptical of the US president's intentions towards Taiwan. They think that Biden's 'Taiwan agreement' is another evidence that Taiwan is just a chess piece on the chessboard, indicating that Taiwan has no say in its own future since the agreement is merely made between Xi and Biden. Moreover, Biden mentioned that his talk with Xi happened last month, but Taiwanese people all witnessed the sharp increase of incursions this week. So, it seems that the talk has no, if not negative, impact on the stability of the Taiwan Strait.”

Aljazeera

Assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada

08 Oct 2021 11 4

Bonnie Glaser

Inserted 2 years ago

“The biggest difference [between Biden and Trump on China] is that the Trump administration was more unilateralist and even weakened some of our alliances and partnerships, but the Biden administration has come in determined to build coalitions with the countries that share our values and interests.”

Fivethirtyeight

Director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States

28 Sep 2021 8 4

Kyle Kondik

Inserted 2 years ago

“There are a lot of factors that suggest the Democrats are going to have a really hard time holding the House majority and the Senate's 50-50, and so they lose one net seat and the Senate majority is gone. With Biden's majorities in the House and Senate in peril, you'd feel better about Democrats' chances if his approval rating was more like it was two months ago than it is now.”

Aljazeera

Political analyst at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics

28 Sep 2021 5 3

Emma Brockes

Inserted 2 years ago

“The discovery that he [Donald Trump] has not in fact gone, but is still lurking on the internet disseminating conspiracy theories about the election, brings on the sick feeling you get two-thirds of the way into a horror movie, when a sense of calm is introduced prior to the biggest jump scare. Unlike the first time around, there is no possibility of laughing Trump off or assuming his idiocies won't find a sympathetic audience. At the rally last week, two Republican congressional candidates addressed the group. A recent CNN poll found that 78% of Republicans didn't believe that Biden legitimately won the presidency. Rightwing America, and therefore America as a whole, has yet to shake this guy off.”

Theguardian

British author and a contributor to The Guardian and The New York Times

24 Sep 2021 8 4

Kaveh Guilanpour

Inserted 2 years ago

“But achieving the $100 billion target alone would not be enough to contain rising global temperatures and cope with the effects of climate change. Instead, the world's financial systems need to reflect the costs of climate inaction. That means companies, banks, investors, and other players will need to reduce investments in high emission activities while boosting funding for climate-friendly goods, services, and infrastructure. The $100 billion is essential as a trust-building issue, and the president's announcement was hugely helpful in that regard. At the same time, it will never be enough to affect the transformation that the Paris Agreement requires-which needs trillions in investment, not billions.”

Qz

Vice president for international strategies at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

21 Sep 2021 6 4

Diao Daming

Inserted 2 years ago

“The damage that the Biden administration has brought to US-France ties is much bigger than all the damage combined in Trump's term. This proves that whether 'America First' or 'America is back,' they are just different measures serving the same goal of US hegemony. Biden's pledge to fix ties with allies is not the purpose, it is a measure to make the US regain leadership. In the case of the AUKUS submarine deal, Biden's diplomatic approach is just like another version of Trump's America First. As long as it's in the interest of the US, they can betray anyone, even an ally like France.”

Globaltimes

Associate professor at the Renmin University of China in Beijing

21 Sep 2021 12 6

Emre Caliskan

Inserted 2 years ago

“The only difference in Erdogan's policy goes back to a meeting with [US President Joe] Biden at which he convinced him that Turkey could play a bigger role in Afghanistan.”

Aljazeera

Research fellow at the London-based Foreign Policy Centre

19 Sep 2021 3 2

Lijian Zhao

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Taiwan question is the most important and sensitive issue at the core of China-US relations. The one-China principle is the political foundation of bilateral relations. In the China-US Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, the US unequivocally that 'the people of the United States will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan'. In his phone call with President Xi Jinping, President Biden said that the US has no intention to change the one-China policy. China has lodged solemn representation with the US side in terms of the above-mentioned issue reported by the media. The US should abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, honor its commitments with concrete actions, stop all forms of official exchanges with Taiwan, and stop elevating substantive relations with Taiwan. This should include refrain from renaming the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US as 'Taiwan Representative Office', and stop sending wrong signals to 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces. The US side should handle the Taiwan question in a prudent manner, lest it should seriously undermine China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”

Fmprc

Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry

13 Sep 2021 11 7

Kristian Ulrichsen

Inserted 2 years ago

“Perceptions matter whether or not they're rooted in a cold, cold reality. And the perception is very clear that the US is not as committed to the Gulf as it used to be in the views of many people in decision-making authority in the region. From the Saudi point of view, they now see Obama, Trump and Biden - three successive presidents - taking decisions that signify to some extent an abandonment. I think we saw in Biden's statements on Afghanistan, the way he said things that he's clearly going to put US interests first and obviously that came as quite a disappointment to partners and allies around the world who maybe hoped for something different after Trump. He sounds quite similar to an 'America First' approach, just sort of a different tone.”

Aljazeera

Research fellow at the James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University

11 Sep 2021 4 4

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“This election is a warning for all Democrats. While DC Democrats spent weeks fighting each other, Republicans were focused on mobilizing their base and peeling away voters from the Biden coalition using deceptive, divisive tactics.”

“What's happened here is Terry McAuliffe has nationalised the race. He has brought Biden in. This is the first political test of Biden's presidency.”

“The only difference in Erdogan's policy goes back to a meeting with [US President Joe] Biden at which he convinced him that Turkey could play a bigger role in Afghanistan.”

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