Xi Said US Is Trying To ‘Goad Beijing’ Into Attacking Taiwan

• Xi Said US Is Trying To ‘Goad Beijing’ Into Attacking Taiwan
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  China’s President Xi Jinping told European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen that the United States was trying to “goad Beijing into attacking Taiwan,” according to officials aware of the exchange, which took place a little over a year ago but is just now being revealed.
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  Xi has also been warning his own officials, at a moment tensions are high across the Taiwan Strait particularly given Beijing sees newly inaugurated Taiwan President Lai Ching-te as a pro-independence hawk.
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  “Xi issued the warning in a meeting with von der Leyen in April 2023 that was described to the Financial Times by several people,” according to a weekend report in FT. “He said the US was trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, but that he would not take the bait. Another person said he had issued similar warnings to his officials.”
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That's a frightening statistic that illustrates the insane amount of propaganda that must have taken place in the Philippines: 73% of Filipinos support military action by their country against China.https://t.co/VRtJECd6ST

Bear in mind that:
1) The size of the Filipino economy…

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) June 11, 2024

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