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Seizing On U.S. Weakness, China Warns Taiwan U.S. Will Not Defend Them

Hank Berrien
Seizing On U.S. Weakness, China Warns Taiwan U.S. Will Not Defend Them
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Seizing the opportunity presented by the Biden administration’s abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban, on Monday, following the fall of Kabul in Afghanistan to the Taliban after the United States’ disastrous pullout from the country, the Global Times, a daily tabloid newspaper under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship People’s Daily newspaper, warned Taiwan that in the event of a confrontation with mainland Communist China, the U.S. would abandon its long-time ally.

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