Afghanistan crisis bodes badly for Taiwan says former US President

Trump Sean Hannity interview August 17, 2021

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments China expansionism, Donald Trump

Former United States President Donald J. Trump predicted that bad things will happen to Taiwan after the calamity of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Trump spoke of the implications for Taiwan in an interview with Fox News commentator Sean Hannity, Tuesday, August 17. “I think bad things will happen in respect to Taiwan because they [China] don’t respect our leadership and they no longer respect our country,” he said. “And that’s a really bad thing. China does not respect us any longer,” Trump said. Trump said that China’s

Taiwanese born reporter Chang Ching-yi and US President Donald Trump

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April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Chang Ching-yi, Chinese media, Donald Trump, propaganda

A reporter for a Chinese state-owned media group who deceptively answered “Taiwan” when US President Donald Trump asked him where he was from during a White House press briefing last week, will be investigated by the relevant authorities, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said today. Last Wednesday, April 8, Chang Ching-yi was attending a regular White House press briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic when the President asked him where he was from. While the Taiwan born and educated Chang did