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As is always the case with PLA exercises in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea areas, Beijing is telling the United States, regional countries, Taiwan Island and its own people, that the PLA has the capability to conduct blockade and joint air and missile strikes on targets in and around Taiwan Island. – United States	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The northern sites are not only aimed at a Taiwan contingency, they have utility in times of a South China Sea conflict, it’s difficult to imagine that a Taiwan Strait conflict will exclude a South China Sea dimension. – Collin Koh	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The People’s Republic of China should not use this transit as a pretext to step up any aggressive activity around the Taiwan Strait. The United States and China have differences when United States comes to Taiwan, but we have managed those differences for more than 40 years. – John Kirby	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We are opposed to unilateral change of (the) status quo by force. So in that sense, we will make sure that if something happens in the Taiwan Strait, we have to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. – Park Jin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is essential for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and it’s indispensable for security and prosperity of the region as a whole. – Park Jin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted on visiting Taiwan in disregard of China's serious concerns and firm opposition, seriously interfering in China's internal affairs, seriously undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously trampling on the one-China principle, and seriously threatening the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. – United States	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We'll continue to fly, sail, and operate where international law allows, consistent with our longstanding commitment to freedom of navigation, and that includes conducting standard air and maritime transits through the Taiwan Strait in the next few weeks. – Kurt Campbell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Taiwan matters far more to the world economy than its 1 % share of global GDP would indicate, a further escalation in cross-strait tensions that cut Taiwan's export off from the rest of the world would lead to renewed shortages in the automotive and electronics sectors and put further upward pressure on inflation. – Gareth Leather	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is no reason for Beijing to turn a potential visit, consistent with long standing United States policy, into some sort of crisis or conflict, or use it as a pretext to increase aggressive military activity in or around the Taiwan Strait. – United States	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Pelosi's Taiwan visit is tainting sentiment today. And amid escalating tensions in Taiwan Strait and deepening worries about a global economic slowdown, investors are diving headlong into Stephen Innes bonds, no party wants a real war, but the risk of mishap or even aggressive war game escalation is real, which could always lead to a tactical mistake. – Stephen Innes	Found on CNN 1 year ago
On the Taiwan question, United States have made United States stance loud and clear, the Embassy is making all United States efforts to prevent the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the stability of China-US relations being damaged by the potential visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. – Liu Pengyu	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The United States strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
China will respond with unprecedented countermeasures -- the strongest it has ever taken since the Taiwan Strait crises. – Shi Yinhong	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Gen. Cavoli will oversee some of the biggest military posture changes in Europe since World War II. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, the Pentagon has deployed or extended deployments for over 20,000 U.S. troops in Europe. The U.S. now has more than 100,000 troops based in Europe. And soon the 40,000-member NATO Ready Force will be increased to 300,000 NATO troops. US DEFENDS SENDING AIRCRAFT THROUGH TAIWAN STRAIT AS CHINA GROWS INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE. – Dwight Eisenhower	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We remain focused on maintaining peace, stability and the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, but the PRC’s moves threaten to undermine security, and stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific. – Lloyd Austin	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
On issues concerning China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and other core interests, there is no room for compromise, we urged the Wang Wenbin side to earnestly follow the One China principle... be cautious in words and deeds on the Taiwan issue, and not send any wrong signal to pro-Taiwan independence and separatist forces -- so it won't cause serious damage to the situation across the Taiwan Strait and China-US relations. – Wang Wenbin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Ensuring peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, having clear communication, avoiding miscommunication, is going to be an important and intensive aspect of work between our militaries, our national security councils and between our diplomats, so you will see at multiple levels an intensification of the engagement to ensure that there are guardrails around this competition so that it doesn't veer off into conflict. – Jake Sullivan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Should the Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian side choose to continue playing the ill-advised' Taiwan card,' it would inevitably pose seismic risks to China-US relations, seriously undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and gravely harm the interests of Karl Thomas itself. – Zhao Lijian	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The US national security adviser made quite clear concerns we have about Beijing's recent, you know, provocative activities, and our concerns about the continued pressure and coercion that we see by Beijing across Taiwan Strait. – The US and China	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When the U.K. sends a ship through the Taiwan Strait for the first time since 2008 and it sailed down the median line, the point that it’s making is that they know China knows where that line is, in order for the status quo to be meaningful, it has to be upheld and the most emphatic way to do that is to physically demonstrate with a government asset like a warship. – Euan Graham	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The U.S. has frequently carried out similar provocative acts, which are of a very bad nature, fully showing that it is the biggest destroyer of peace and stability and the biggest cause of security risks in the Taiwan Strait, we firmly oppose and strongly condemn this. – Tan Kefei	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
That would be a pretty extreme step, the SPR is a national security asset for a time of emergency like the Strait of Hormuz being blocked or the Libyan Civil War. – Jason Bordoff	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Stopping' Taiwan independence' is the necessary condition for maintaining peaceful cross-strait relations, joseph Wu has repeatedly and arrogantly provoked' Taiwan independence'... we will take all necessary measures to severely punish such' Taiwan independence' diehards for life in accordance with the law. – Zhu Fenglian	Found on CNN 2 years ago
As we engaged in an exchange of views over the regional situation, we also discussed the circumstances in Taiwan and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as well, i refrain from mentioning details since it pertains to diplomatic exchanges, but there is already an agreed recognition over the importance of peace and stability of the Taiwan strait between Japan and the United States, which was reaffirmed on this occasion. I also explained Japan's position and initiatives regarding the situation in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the President, who I think understood my points. – The Minister	Found on CNN 3 years ago

As is always the case with PLA exercises in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea areas, Beijing is telling the United States, regional countries, Taiwan Island and its own people, that the PLA has the capability to conduct blockade and joint air and missile strikes on targets in and around Taiwan Island.

– United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The northern sites are not only aimed at a Taiwan contingency, they have utility in times of a South China Sea conflict, it’s difficult to imagine that a Taiwan Strait conflict will exclude a South China Sea dimension.

– Collin Koh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The People’s Republic of China should not use this transit as a pretext to step up any aggressive activity around the Taiwan Strait. The United States and China have differences when United States comes to Taiwan, but we have managed those differences for more than 40 years.

– John Kirby

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are opposed to unilateral change of (the) status quo by force. So in that sense, we will make sure that if something happens in the Taiwan Strait, we have to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

– Park Jin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is essential for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and it’s indispensable for security and prosperity of the region as a whole.

– Park Jin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted on visiting Taiwan in disregard of China's serious concerns and firm opposition, seriously interfering in China's internal affairs, seriously undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously trampling on the one-China principle, and seriously threatening the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

– United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We'll continue to fly, sail, and operate where international law allows, consistent with our longstanding commitment to freedom of navigation, and that includes conducting standard air and maritime transits through the Taiwan Strait in the next few weeks.

– Kurt Campbell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Taiwan matters far more to the world economy than its 1 % share of global GDP would indicate, a further escalation in cross-strait tensions that cut Taiwan's export off from the rest of the world would lead to renewed shortages in the automotive and electronics sectors and put further upward pressure on inflation.

– Gareth Leather

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is no reason for Beijing to turn a potential visit, consistent with long standing United States policy, into some sort of crisis or conflict, or use it as a pretext to increase aggressive military activity in or around the Taiwan Strait.

– United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Pelosi's Taiwan visit is tainting sentiment today. And amid escalating tensions in Taiwan Strait and deepening worries about a global economic slowdown, investors are diving headlong into Stephen Innes bonds, no party wants a real war, but the risk of mishap or even aggressive war game escalation is real, which could always lead to a tactical mistake.

– Stephen Innes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

On the Taiwan question, United States have made United States stance loud and clear, the Embassy is making all United States efforts to prevent the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the stability of China-US relations being damaged by the potential visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.

– Liu Pengyu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The United States strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

China will respond with unprecedented countermeasures -- the strongest it has ever taken since the Taiwan Strait crises.

– Shi Yinhong

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Gen. Cavoli will oversee some of the biggest military posture changes in Europe since World War II. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, the Pentagon has deployed or extended deployments for over 20,000 U.S. troops in Europe. The U.S. now has more than 100,000 troops based in Europe. And soon the 40,000-member NATO Ready Force will be increased to 300,000 NATO troops. US DEFENDS SENDING AIRCRAFT THROUGH TAIWAN STRAIT AS CHINA GROWS INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE.

– Dwight Eisenhower

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We remain focused on maintaining peace, stability and the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, but the PRC’s moves threaten to undermine security, and stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.

– Lloyd Austin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

On issues concerning China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and other core interests, there is no room for compromise, we urged the Wang Wenbin side to earnestly follow the One China principle... be cautious in words and deeds on the Taiwan issue, and not send any wrong signal to pro-Taiwan independence and separatist forces -- so it won't cause serious damage to the situation across the Taiwan Strait and China-US relations.

– Wang Wenbin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ensuring peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, having clear communication, avoiding miscommunication, is going to be an important and intensive aspect of work between our militaries, our national security councils and between our diplomats, so you will see at multiple levels an intensification of the engagement to ensure that there are guardrails around this competition so that it doesn't veer off into conflict.

– Jake Sullivan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Should the Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian side choose to continue playing the ill-advised' Taiwan card,' it would inevitably pose seismic risks to China-US relations, seriously undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and gravely harm the interests of Karl Thomas itself.

– Zhao Lijian

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The US national security adviser made quite clear concerns we have about Beijing's recent, you know, provocative activities, and our concerns about the continued pressure and coercion that we see by Beijing across Taiwan Strait.

– The US and China

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When the U.K. sends a ship through the Taiwan Strait for the first time since 2008 and it sailed down the median line, the point that it’s making is that they know China knows where that line is, in order for the status quo to be meaningful, it has to be upheld and the most emphatic way to do that is to physically demonstrate with a government asset like a warship.

– Euan Graham

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The U.S. has frequently carried out similar provocative acts, which are of a very bad nature, fully showing that it is the biggest destroyer of peace and stability and the biggest cause of security risks in the Taiwan Strait, we firmly oppose and strongly condemn this.

– Tan Kefei

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

That would be a pretty extreme step, the SPR is a national security asset for a time of emergency like the Strait of Hormuz being blocked or the Libyan Civil War.

– Jason Bordoff

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Stopping' Taiwan independence' is the necessary condition for maintaining peaceful cross-strait relations, joseph Wu has repeatedly and arrogantly provoked' Taiwan independence'... we will take all necessary measures to severely punish such' Taiwan independence' diehards for life in accordance with the law.

– Zhu Fenglian

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As we engaged in an exchange of views over the regional situation, we also discussed the circumstances in Taiwan and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as well, i refrain from mentioning details since it pertains to diplomatic exchanges, but there is already an agreed recognition over the importance of peace and stability of the Taiwan strait between Japan and the United States, which was reaffirmed on this occasion. I also explained Japan's position and initiatives regarding the situation in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the President, who I think understood my points.

– The Minister

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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