Beijing Will Be ‘Playing With Fire’ If It Tests US Resolve Over Taiwan: Expert

Beijing Will Be ‘Playing With Fire’ If It Tests US Resolve Over Taiwan: Expert
Chinese leader Xi Jinping (on screen) delivers a speech during the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on July 1, 2021. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images
Emel Akan
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WASHINGTON—The chaotic U.S. departure from Kabul has presented a “golden opportunity” for China, but testing U.S. resolve over Taiwan’s independence would be a big miscalculation on Beijing’s part, according to experts.

Through its media, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been pushing the narrative that “the U.S. is not reliable” and that Washington would leave Taiwan in the lurch just like its “Afghan abandonment,” should Beijing invade the island.
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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