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Academics laud clarity in US-Japan’s Strait policy
Staff writer, with CNA
Owing to Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions, the US and Japan have shifted their policy on the security of the Taiwan Strait from ambiguity to clarity, academics in Taiwan said on Monday.
“The US-Japan Joint Leaders’ Statement explicitly pointed out the importance of the security of the Taiwan Strait,” Su Tzu-yun (蘇紫雲), a senior analyst at the government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said during a forum to discuss last week’s summit in Washington.
“This can be viewed as a shift in the Taiwan Strait policy of the two countries from ‘strategic ambiguity’ to ‘constructive clarity,’ the aim being to counter China’s attempt to change the ‘status quo’ across the Strait through the use of force,” Su said.
Taiwan thanks Biden for words to Xi
NEW TOWN SHERIFF? The White House said that US President Joe Biden told the Chinese president about his concerns over Beijing’s assertiveness toward Taiwan
By Lu Yi-hsuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Taiwan expressed its thanks to US President Joe Biden after he raised concerns with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) about China’s increased pressuring of Taiwan, Presidential Office spokesperson Xavier Chang (張惇涵) said yesterday.
Biden and Xi held their first phone call as national leaders yesterday, during which Biden brought up concerns related to Taiwan, Hong Kong and human rights.