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US Navy to recover Jet from South China Sea after crash landing
“I can confirm the aircraft impacted the flight deck during landing and subsequently fell to the water,” said Lieutenant Nicholas Lingo, spokesperson for the US 7th Fleet. SkyNews
China provocations ‘destabilizing’ & Threat to Peace
“Beijing is engaged in increasingly provocative rhetoric and activity, like flying PLA [Chinese People’s Liberation Army] aircraft near Taiwan on an almost daily basis,” Blinken said in the 45-minute speech at George Washington University in Washington, during which he outlined the US administration’s policy toward China. Taipeitimes.com
Taiwan Reality Check
Biden saying the U.S. will help defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack does not make it more likely China would attack Taiwan. But it does make clearer the risks China faces if it acts as an aggressor. Politico
How to Engage with China
LONDON – The world order is at risk of a lasting split, with the United States and its allies on one side, and China and its partners on the other. Project Syndicate
China slams Japan for close-range tracking of aircraft carrier
China on Thursday slammed Japan for making dangerous close-range tracking and disruptions to an aircraft carrier of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy during the latter’s recent, legitimate drills in the West Pacific, with analysts saying that the Japanese move reflected the country’s ulterior motive of offensive military expansion under the excuse of the “China threat” theory. GlobalTimes
Democracy Is Dying: ‘You Don’t Have the Time’
President Joe Biden revealed that after being elected to the White House, Chinese President Xi Jinping cautioned him that democracies are on the decline and that one day “autocracies will run the world.”
“We’re living through a global struggle between autocracies and democracies,” Biden said during his commencement address to the U.S. Naval Academy’s graduating class. Newsweek
China strategy is about rules-based order, not ‘new Cold War,’
The United States will not block China from growing its economy, but wants it to adhere to international rules, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday in a long-awaited speech on U.S. strategy to address China’s rise as a great power. Reuters
Biden: Keep the South China Sea free
Biden told 1,200 graduating cadets in Annapolis, Maryland, that they are entering military service at a time of many global challenges and they will be charged with helping “preserve stability in an uncertain world.” MSN
China criticizes US as tensions rise in South Pacific
In response to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speech. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded that the U.S. was “essentially spreading disinformation” and “smearing China’s domestic and foreign policy.” ABC News