{"id":1411580,"date":"2022-03-30T22:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T02:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411580"},"modified":"2022-03-30T22:15:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T02:15:23","slug":"u-s-says-chinas-pressure-on-taiwan-a-threat-to-all-democracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-says-chinas-pressure-on-taiwan-a-threat-to-all-democracies\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. says China\u2019s pressure on Taiwan a threat to all democracies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-says-chinas-pressure-on-taiwan-a-threat-to-all-democracies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411580&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-31T011931Z_1_LYNXNPEI2U02E_RTROPTP_0_TAIWAN-USA_1.jpg\" alt=\"Event marking 70th anniversary of AmCham in Taipei\" \/><br \/>FILE PHOTO: American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra\u00a0Oudkirk speaks at an event marking the 70th anniversary of American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taipei, Taiwan December 8, 2021. REUTERS\/Fabian Hamacher<\/div>\n<p>March 31, 2022<\/p>\n<p>TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013     China\u2019s diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan represents a threat to all democracies and the United States is committed to helping the island defend itself, the top U.S. diplomat in Taipei said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan event late on Wednesday, Sandra Oudkirk, director of the American Institute in Taiwan which handles relations in the absence of formal diplomatic ties, said managing U.S. differences with China faces \u201cdistinct challenges\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PRC\u2019s increasingly aggressive behaviour is nowhere more evident than in relation to Taiwan, where the PRC has continued to exert military, diplomatic, and economic pressure,\u201d she said, referring to the People\u2019s Republic of China, in remarks released by her office on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PRC\u2019s provocative military activities near Taiwan are destabilising, risk miscalculation, and undermine regional peace and stability,\u201d Oudkirk added, at the event also attended by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cContinued efforts by Beijing to choke Taiwan\u2019s international space, pressure its friends, and interfere in Taiwan\u2019s democratic system represent a threat to all democracies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, and has over the past two years or so ramped up military and diplomatic pressure to assert those claims.<\/p>\n<p>The United States is Taiwan\u2019s most important international supporter and arms supplier, a source of constant friction between Washington and Beijing. <\/p>\n<p>Oudkirk said that in order to strengthen Taiwan\u2019s role as a regional security partner, the United States remains committed to helping Taiwan \u201cmaintain its ability to deter aggression and to defend itself\u201d.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a shared and abiding interest in peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. We consider this central to the security and stability of the broader Indo-Pacific region and are deeply concerned by ongoing PRC efforts to undermine that stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan rejects China\u2019s sovereignty claims and says only the island\u2019s people can decide their own future.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has also been working with Taiwan on supply chains, the island being a major producer of semiconductors.<\/p>\n<p>Oudkirk said both sides were working on diversifying supply chains and to facilitate investment in sectors like chips, electric vehicles, cybersecurity, 5G and renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAIT\u2019s commercial section is now organising visits by robust industry-focused delegations to many parts of the United States this summer,\u201d she added, without giving details.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Michael Perry)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra\u00a0Oudkirk speaks at an event marking the 70th anniversary of American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taipei, Taiwan December 8, 2021. 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