China ready to step up pressure on Taiwan and US over mission office name change – up to a point
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Sep 18 2021 at 2:00 PM GMT
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- Beijing is likely to step up its military activities to deter Taiwan while retaliating diplomatically against the US if the island’s de facto embassy in Washington gets renamed, but these countermeasures are likely to be limited, diplomatic and military observers said.
- The Biden administration has reportedly been considering a Taiwanese request to change the name of its mission in the US capital from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (Tecro) to the Taiwan Representative….
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- Published Sep 18, 2021 2:00 PM GMT