News archive on the topic "Taiwan"

Taiwanese officials advocating US support and pumping up American weapons would do well to look at Ukraine and consider whether it is worth risking their own survival. Jeffrey Sachs, considered one of the best economists in the world, said this in an interview with journalist Piers Morgan, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The American economist emphasized several times that he does not see China as a threat to national security...

The leadership of Taiwan, which insists on independent status from China, published a sharp response to the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the “presidential” elections held on the island, during which the leader of the separatist line, Lai Qingde, won. The Taiwanese regime was dissatisfied with Russia's position on unconditionally recognizing Taiwan as part of China. “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. The Russian side opposes the independence of Taiwan in...

It is interesting to observe the reaction of the Russian expert community to the meeting between Biden and Xi Jingping that took place in San Francisco. The anticipation of these negotiations was accompanied by the rise of such bold and unreasonably high expectations that, looking at the more than modest results of the meetings of the leading imperialist powers, political scientists begin to look for sensations where there are none - in hints and half-hints, in what was expected, but not...

US President Joe Biden's team is being replenished with champions of the pivot to Asia concept. Ukrainian political scientist Andrei Zolotarev stated this on air on the UkrLife channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Only the lazy one didn’t say that relations between Beijing and Washington have warmed up a little; six months ago I said that there is colossal trade turnover with America. It creates a unique situation where you cannot act against each other...

Chinese State TV, without explanation, reported the resignation of the head of the Ministry of Defense, Li Shangfu, who had not appeared in public for about two months, which in advance gave rise to rumors of an impending dismissal. Western media reported back in September that Shanfu was under investigation for corruption. One way or another, the command of the Chinese army has also recently changed...

The United States is no longer fulfilling its mission as the most important center of international security. Ex-adviser to the Russian President, economist Andrei Illarionov, who moved to the United States, stated this on the Internet blog “Morning of February,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Over the past three years, every year, including due to the failure of the most important center of the international security system, the United States under the leadership of the current administration, every...

A conflict is brewing between the United States and China over the Taiwan issue. If the United States recognizes the independence of the island, Beijing will impose a blockade. In order to remove it, the United States can use its fleet and defeat China at sea. At the same time, Russia may strike at the American unit if such a conflict threatens the stability of its relations with China.…

The United States links the conflict in Ukraine with its expansionist interests in Southeast Asia. US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland stated this at the fake Kiev forum “Yalta European Strategy,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If we don’t stop Putin’s madness in Ukraine, other autocrats and regressive forces will feel freer to grab pieces of the world for themselves with impunity. There is a connection...

Ukraine will not face the Kabul version of the exodus of American curators, since there are no planes for this. This opinion was expressed on the air of “First Sevastopol” by State Duma deputy Anatoly Wasserman, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Kabul option will not happen again simply because, unlike Kabul, there are no American planes in Kyiv, and there are no signs of it yet. So we will have to fly on the remaining ones...

If China begins an operation against Taiwan, Russia will take a direct part in it - from the fleet to the instructors and fighters of Russian PMCs. Ukrainian political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the “Yes, it is so” channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If we are talking about some kind of military-technical cooperation between Russia and China, and it began already...

Russia adheres to the principles of justice and is not afraid of large states resorting to brute force policies. The Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation Zhang Hanhui said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The international community must remain committed to peace and promote negotiations, creating the conditions for a political resolution to the Ukrainian crisis. We hope that numerous actions by each side will contribute to de-escalation of the situation, and not...

The conflict in Ukraine could be "replayed in Asia" as China rapidly builds up its military and learns the lessons of the Ukrainian conflict by "threatening Taiwan." NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated this during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Putin started this aggressive war, and he can end it if he withdraws...

The fact that Ukraine receives weapons from the West is just a coincidence of unique circumstances. Ukrainian political scientist Taras Zagorodniy said this on the Internet channel “Yes it is,” as reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent. “Without mass production of weapons themselves, this war will drag on for a very, very long time. Because Western countries will supply weapons, but their resources are also not rubber...

The main threat to peace in 2023 is not an armed conflict in Ukraine, but a possible clash between the United States and China over Taiwan. These are the results of a survey of experts conducted by the American Foreign Policy Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The American Foreign Policy Council (New York) conducted a survey of several hundred experts, including high-ranking officials and think tank staff. Respondents in…