[Dismas]

Biden and Jinping plan to meet virtually tomorrow. It is likely Jinping will try to exert pressure, to divert the U.S. from intervening on matters involving Taiwan. Tensions between the mainland and Taiwan have been increasing, so it is likely to escalate sometime in the near future.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to use his first virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden to warn the United States to "step back" on the Taiwan issue, according to Chinese state media editorials printed on Monday.

Xi and Biden are scheduled to meet virtually on Tuesday morning Beijing time - Monday evening in Washington - as friction between the countries persist across a range of issues including trade, technology, Xinjiang and especially Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed by China.

Read More: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chin...021-11-15/

[Boudica]

Sounds like it will be a tense meeting. Can you imagine if one of them says something a little awkward/sharp and the other just pretends the internet disconnected.

[Dismas]

Biden's given somewhat contradictory remarks regarding Taiwan:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...ina-policy

Supposedly propaganda has been circulating around Chinese media, stating Biden supports "One China". Reports state otherwise.

[Boudica]

Biden's given somewhat contradictory remarks regarding Taiwan:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...ina-policy

Supposedly propaganda has been circulating around Chinese media, stating Biden supports "One China". Reports state otherwise.

This is weird. Officially, it seems the US does not support Taiwan’s independence, but everyone interviewed about it says "they're independent, they have the freedom to choose". Surely those are complete contradictions? I'm not understanding any of this.

[Drako]

Biden's given somewhat contradictory remarks regarding Taiwan:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...ina-policy

Supposedly propaganda has been circulating around Chinese media, stating Biden supports "One China". Reports state otherwise.

This is weird. Officially, it seems the US does not support Taiwan’s independence, but everyone interviewed about it says "they're independent, they have the freedom to choose". Surely those are complete contradictions? I'm not understanding any of this.

That's because the US is stepping on eggshells with China. What the US government should do is make their stance clear. We act like we want to defend Taiwan one day with all of the joint naval exercises, and then the next day we won't even call Taiwan independent. If they're not independent, then why are we defending a Chinese province?

[Boudica]

Biden's given somewhat contradictory remarks regarding Taiwan:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...ina-policy

Supposedly propaganda has been circulating around Chinese media, stating Biden supports "One China". Reports state otherwise.

This is weird. Officially, it seems the US does not support Taiwan’s independence, but everyone interviewed about it says "they're independent, they have the freedom to choose". Surely those are complete contradictions? I'm not understanding any of this.

That's because the US is stepping on eggshells with China. What the US government should do is make their stance clear. We act like we want to defend Taiwan one day with all of the joint naval exercises, and then the next day we won't even call Taiwan independent. If they're not independent, then why are we defending a Chinese province?

It seems like it's a case of telling China one thing to their face to avoid another full on cold war, and actually supporting Taiwan with weapons behind their backs. Dismas and I were discussing this and he compared it to the US being "totally neutral" at the start-middle of WWII, while supplying the allies.