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US Tried to Provoke China Into Attacking Taiwan, Xi Told [European Commission President] von der Leyen - Report
Sputnik News ^

Posted on 06/16/2024 8:41:05 AM PDT by marshmallow

Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly underscored that the Taiwan issue in China-US relations is a major red line that must not be crossed. Beijing has also urged Washington to stop sending “erroneous signals” to Taiwanese separatists.

Xi Jinping warned Ursula von der Leyen about Washington’s attempts to provoke Beijing into attacking Taiwan, the Financial Times reported.

China’s president delivered the cautionary message in April 2023 both to the European Commission president and officials in his own country, according to insiders.

The gist of Xi’s warning was reportedly that the Biden administration was trying to goad the People's Republic of China (PRC) into invading Taiwan, but the Chinese leader would not be taken in that easily.

When delivering the warning last year, Xi purportedly added that a conflict with the US would dismantle many of his country’s impressive achievements and undercut the stated goal of achieving a "great rejuvenation” by 2049. The report laid emphasis on the fact that if true, this would have been the first known case of Xi Jinping making such a claim to a foreign leader.

There has been no comment specifically on the report from either the Chinese Embassy in Washington or von der Leyen’s spokesperson.

(Excerpt) Read more at sputnikglobe.com ...


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1 posted on 06/16/2024 8:41:05 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Sounds like projection on the part of Xi, but with BiXiden in control of US foreign policy through his minions like that Blynkin guy, it could well be true.


2 posted on 06/16/2024 8:53:58 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

I agree. With Biden in charge anything is possible.


3 posted on 06/16/2024 8:55:51 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Paladin2

I believe him re: the US, but disbelieve him over his lack of expansionist plans.


4 posted on 06/16/2024 9:05:55 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: marshmallow

The CCP will attack and conquer (BeijingBiden will do nothing) when they are ready to accept the score of port cities totally destroyed by Taiwan nukes smuggled in months ago. Nukes are on the market and if in a container adequately shielded no amount of surveillance, on the ground or otherwise, is gonna find ‘em.


5 posted on 06/16/2024 9:15:12 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, )
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To: marshmallow

Biden’s regime has been promoting a major WW with Russia. Biden’s regime has been promoting, funding, and protecting the Fakestinian terrorist attackers in the mid-east.
Biden’s regime has been promoting, funding, and protecting the Hootoos blocking international shipping in South Asia.
and when we come right down to it,
Biden’s regime has been promoting CW2 in USA

it is a very very very war-mongering regime


6 posted on 06/16/2024 9:18:43 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: marshmallow

“..the Biden administration was trying to goad the People’s Republic of China (PRC) into invading Taiwan,..”

In hindsight, it appears Biden was “goading” Putin in an invasion, even though the war starting in 2014 was raging,.


7 posted on 06/16/2024 9:27:31 AM PDT by elpadre
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To: faithhopecharity; little jeremiah; bitt

heads up


8 posted on 06/16/2024 9:51:28 AM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: marshmallow

If we’re provoking another country in addition to Russia, it’s pretty clear we’re not thinking things through.


9 posted on 06/16/2024 9:51:44 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
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To: marshmallow

Sputnik (Putin) “news”. Nuff said.


10 posted on 06/16/2024 10:39:13 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: thinden

Thank you for pings.


11 posted on 06/16/2024 11:17:26 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Nothing Can Stop What Coming)
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To: Wuli
Sputnik (Putin) “news”. Nuff said.

From the article:

"Xi Jinping warned Ursula von der Leyen about Washington’s attempts to provoke Beijing into attacking Taiwan, the Financial Times reported.

The report has its origin with The Financial Times.

12 posted on 06/16/2024 11:39:27 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Xi on track to get Ceaucesco’d.


13 posted on 06/16/2024 12:12:25 PM PDT by ifinnegan (MDemocrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Parley Baer

It would be relatively easy to “Ukrainize” Taiwan.


14 posted on 06/16/2024 12:27:22 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: 9YearLurker

“I believe him re: the US, but disbelieve him over his lack of expansionist plans.”

True, but protecting shipping lanes and access to raw materials will often look ‘expansionist’. In most cases, true Expansionist societies have an ideology driving them. In the case of Hitler, it was Nazism, racial purity, and ‘living space’ for his people, for Stalin of course it was Communism, for the US, it’s obviously Climate Change and Globo-homo. It’s difficult to assign anything like that to China as one would be hard-pressed, for example, to find modern China extolling the ‘virtues of Communism’ or any other overriding cause they feel they need to push on to the world.

But who knows, eventually we will find out regarding China.


15 posted on 06/16/2024 3:47:04 PM PDT by BobL
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To: BobL

Not really open to question at this point, from my perspective.


16 posted on 06/16/2024 3:48:10 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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