{"id":1498260,"date":"2022-05-31T13:14:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T17:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498260"},"modified":"2022-05-31T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T17:14:59","slug":"u-s-national-guard-to-cooperate-with-taiwan-amid-reports-of-china-planning-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-national-guard-to-cooperate-with-taiwan-amid-reports-of-china-planning-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. National Guard to Cooperate With Taiwan Amid Reports of China Planning Invasion"},"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\">26<\/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-national-guard-to-cooperate-with-taiwan-amid-reports-of-china-planning-invasion%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=1498260&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--><p>Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday that the\u00a0United States is planning on \u201ccooperation\u201d between its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-national-guard\">National Guard<\/a> and Taiwan\u2019s military amid mounting threats from communist China.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as China, which wants to claim the self-ruled island as its own, has stepped up its\u00a0military harassment of Taiwan in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, China\u2019s military organized military drills in the sea and air spaces surrounding Taiwan, a move it described as a \u201csolemn warning\u201d to Washington\u00a0against its \u201ccollusion\u201d with the liberal democratic island.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the People\u2019s Liberation Army, said the regime\u2019s military conducted \u201cmulti-service joint combat readiness patrol\u201d and \u201cactual combat drills\u201d near Taiwan, according to a May 25\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s?__biz=MzU5MTk0MTA0Mw==&#038;mid=2247817616&#038;idx=1&#038;sn=37ec65591ca42cfa6441906939e22620&#038;chksm=fe29054cc95e8c5a08ceb026239826be4f53a67c2c33eaf5643ae7342b0c581daeeba9b68e4e&#038;mpshare=1&#038;scene=1&#038;srcid=05254x8gWON7cEAPzwLJ7bn2&#038;sharer_sharetime=1653454192383&#038;sharer_shareid=39b1682714627f7233e332548d9eeeae&#038;exportkey=A0RLSU4hqtR%2ByiUT%2Fu78PHo%3D&#038;acctmode=1&#038;pass_ticket=yQCSM21yjQliPxFBvPXLoLCGfKcdrHXnX0EG05d9C02Q9ROb7TGn5D%2FgL33AtXlc&#038;wx_header=0#rd\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The warning came after\u00a0U.S. President Joe Biden angered the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing when he said in a May 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-promises-to-keep-commitment-to-defend-taiwan-in-case-of-attack-by-china_4483707.html\">statement<\/a> that America would\u00a0intervene militarily\u00a0to defend Taiwan if it was attacked, stating that it was the \u201ccommitment we made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials said there had been no change to the longstanding U.S. policy toward Taiwan known as \u201cstrategic ambiguity\u201d under which the administration has remained intentionally ambiguous on\u00a0the subject of whether the United States would defend\u00a0Taiwan, should it be invaded by the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>President Tsai Ing-wen met with\u00a0visiting U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)\u00a0at her office in Taipei this week, and noted that\u00a0Duckworth was one of the main sponsors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/2395\/text#:~:text=To%20require%20an%20annual%20feasibility,the%20%E2%80%9CTaiwan%20Partnership%20Act%E2%80%9D.\">Taiwan Partnership Act<\/a>, aimed at\u00a0developing a partnership between the National Guard and Taiwan as a means of maintaining a sufficient self-defense capability.<\/p>\n<p>The Act has\u00a0received bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress but has yet to become law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, the U.S. Department of Defense is now proactively planning cooperation between the U.S. National Guard and Taiwan\u2019s defence forces,\u201d Tsai said, without providing further details.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to closer and deeper Taiwan-U.S. cooperation on matters of regional security,\u201d Tsai added.<\/p>\n<p>Duckworth and 51 other senators sent a letter to Biden in mid-May, calling for Taiwan to be included in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam have signed up to be part of the IPEF initiative, however, Taiwan was not included in the IPEF last week.<\/p>\n<p>Tsai said on Tuesday that the island will keep expressing its willingness to participate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the near future, we look forward to Taiwan and the United States working together in taking new steps to develop concrete plans that further deepen our economic partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Duckworth\u2019s visit to Taiwan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-makes-second-largest-breach-of-taiwans-air-defense-zone-this-year-as-us-senator-visits_4501585.html\">dozens of Chinese warplanes<\/a>\u00a0entered its air defense zone and were scrambled by Taiwan\u2019s military jets.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-katabella-roberts\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katabella Roberts is a reporter currently based in Turkey. 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