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China's Xi Tells Biden on Taiwan 'Those Who Play With Fire Perish By It'
Newsweak via MSN ^ | 7/28/2022 | Tom O'Connor

Posted on 07/28/2022 10:44:27 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a warning to his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in their fifth and latest conversation, warning that pushing the envelope on the sensitive issue of Taiwan would have serious consequences.

As reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was considering traveling to the disputed island next month stirred an uptick in tensions between Beijing and Washington, Xi "highlighted that the historical ins and outs of the Taiwan question are crystal clear, and so are the fact and status quo that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one and the same China," according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry's readout of his call with Biden.

The Chinese leader called on the U.S. to abide by the commitments that serve as the cornerstone for relations established between China and the U.S. in 1979.

"The three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués embody the political commitments made by the two sides, and the one-China principle is the political foundation for China-U.S. relations," the readout stated. "China firmly opposes separatist moves toward 'Taiwan independence' and interference by external forces, and never allows any room for 'Taiwan independence' forces in whatever form."

While Washington broke off official relations with Taipei nearly half a century ago, the U.S. has since maintained an informal relationship with Taiwan in the form of military support and political engagement that have expanded in recent years as U.S.-China tensions worsened. Beijing still lays claim to the self-governing island and has warned it reserved the right bring Taipei into the Chinese Communist Party's fold through force if diplomacy did not work.

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1 posted on 07/28/2022 10:44:27 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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China is going to eat our lunch? Give me a break.


2 posted on 07/28/2022 10:47:11 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: RomanSoldier19

Just send Pelosi over to deal with the ChiComs.


3 posted on 07/28/2022 10:48:33 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
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To: TakebackGOP

well they make our lunch

How China is buying up America’s food supply - American …
https://www.americanthinker.com › blog › 2020 › 05 › how...


4 posted on 07/28/2022 10:49:21 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit)
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'Those Who Play With Fire Perish By It'

I think I saw this in a fortune cookie at a restaurant in Chinatown, so it must be true.

5 posted on 07/28/2022 10:50:35 AM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Dear President Xi,

"It is good you know that axiom. I hope you have given it much thought."

6 posted on 07/28/2022 10:51:19 AM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Dear President Xi,

"Do you really believe that senile clown in the White House is the one to decide your fate?"

7 posted on 07/28/2022 10:54:28 AM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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To: RomanSoldier19

“Anyone wanting to commit ground troops to Asia should have his head examined.”—Gen. MacArthur


8 posted on 07/28/2022 10:55:09 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotl)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Between you and me, I hope nothing happens to the Three Gorges Dam.

I’d hate to see the Wuhan Virology Institute disappear.

5.56mm


9 posted on 07/28/2022 10:56:09 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

That would have been a much more effective warning if Xi had said:

“Confucius say: He Who Pray with File Pelish By It.”


10 posted on 07/28/2022 10:56:52 AM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: RomanSoldier19

My food cooks with fire.
My house stays warm by fire created by burning wood.
Farmers use fire to burn harvested crops to put nutrients back into soil.
My car runs on fire (Internal Combustion Engine).

Xi is hyper-venting to say using fire will perish you.


11 posted on 07/28/2022 10:56:58 AM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only way to keep USA viable.)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Too bad Trump isn't there to retort bigly.

"Mr. Chairman, we have a similar saying that applies to you: 'F&*k around and find out'".

12 posted on 07/28/2022 10:57:02 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: RomanSoldier19

Hey, Xi. Here’s another one for ya.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.


13 posted on 07/28/2022 10:58:06 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Grampa Dave

And keep Pelosi there in China.


14 posted on 07/28/2022 10:58:39 AM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only way to keep USA viable.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

He would never have made that statement to President Trump. What worthless POS we have in the White House.


15 posted on 07/28/2022 10:58:43 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: RomanSoldier19

Unless China nukes Taiwan, they are fully bluffing.

Folks on the internet make it seem like a cross straits invasion of Taiwan is feasible for China. That is a complete fallacy. They are many years away from being able to lift the troops, get them to Taiwan, and unload them in a manner that doesn’t result in millions of deaths…and a significant loss of their sea power.

Once again, China is full of bluster. They could hit Taiwan with a lot of missiles. But they are not invading any time soon.


16 posted on 07/28/2022 10:59:57 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: RomanSoldier19

I thought they were old friends.


17 posted on 07/28/2022 11:03:04 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Vermont Lt

Take a look at this assessment:

https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-maritime-reports/22/


18 posted on 07/28/2022 11:03:04 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

And this (which isn’t as “jargon.”

https://warontherocks.com/2022/05/amateur-hour-part-i-the-chinese-invasion-of-taiwan/


19 posted on 07/28/2022 11:04:01 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: RomanSoldier19

What the GOP needs to do is demand the recoring of Biden’s conversation with Xi. No telling what bad compromises and promised he mad to Xi.


20 posted on 07/28/2022 11:08:23 AM PDT by Wuli
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