Whilst transcripts of the telephone call between Trump and President Xi of China emphasis progress on trade amid the American tariff war, curbing the supply of fentanyl and the divesture of TikTok in order to stop a ban on the popular social media platform, the released summaries failed to make any mention Taiwan, and given the timing of the reported decision for a pause in US aid and weapons sales to Taipei, it is feared that US dropping its support—a “temporary tactical concession”—for neighbouring Republic of China is being used as leverage for open markets and better positions Beijing to annex the break-away island which has long enjoyed American backing over symbolic promises like to quell the flow compounds that can be used to make drugs.
synchronoptica
one year ago: residential fire safety (with synchronopticรฆ), assorted links to revisit plus anti-social media
twelve years ago: the constellation of Nintendo games
thirteen years ago: smear campaigns, wine pairings plus the banner of the Sรกmi people
fourteen years ago: EU monetary policy
fifteen years ago: regulating speech on the internet
sixteen years ago: yearbook yourself