Day: September 15, 2021

Biden Expresses Confidence in Milley Amid Questions About His Calls to China

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WASHINGTON — The senior-most U.S. military officer did not bypass his civilian leaders when he called his Chinese counterpart in October and January, his office said on Wednesday after the release of excerpts from a new book that alleges that the conversations centered on concerns about President Donald J. Trump. “Peril,” by the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, says that Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, secretly called China twice to offer reassurances that Mr. Trump had no plans to start…

Pentagon Asks Personnel to Report Any Symptoms of Mysterious Ailments

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“We’re going to figure it out,” he added. There are various reasons the United States has struggled to identify who, and what, is responsible for the episodes. Officials have considered that intelligence services from multiple countries could be involved, each with varying motives and equipment causing the illnesses, according to some U.S. officials. Officials stress that the possibility of multiple adversaries remains only a theory, and that intelligence officials have yet to draw hard conclusions. But Cold War-era surveillance technology developed by the Soviet Union proliferated to other countries, each…

China’s Foreign Minister Holds Talks in South Korea

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Advertisement China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Seoul on Tuesday, following his three-nation tour of Southeast Asia. On Wednesday, Wang met with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong as well as South Korean President Moon Jae-in. North Korean issues were at the top of the agenda. The Moon administration is making a final push to break through an icy stalemate in Korean Peninsula dialogue before Moon leaves office in March 2022. Since a flurry of summitry in 2018 and 2019, North Korea has stopped responding to requests for dialogue…

Pay Attention to the KMT’s Chair Election

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Advertisement The September 25 election to choose the next chair of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) will be an important milestone in the party’s recovery from its nadir following the 2020 elections. Immediately after the stunning defeat, Johnny Chiang Chi-chen demonstrated real leadership in being willing to seek election and take responsibility for reforming and rebuilding a divided party. The chair election is in part a test of how the party judges Chiang’s performance. It also a contest about who can best organize the KMT to compete in the 2022 local and…

China #MeToo Figure Vows to Appeal After Losing Landmark Case

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A former television intern who became a prominent voice in China’s #MeToo movement against sexual assault and harassment has vowed to fight on after a court in Beijing ruled that she had not produced sufficient evidence in her harassment case against a star presenter. The former intern, Zhou Xiaoxuan, told supporters and journalists outside the Haidian District court in Beijing that she would appeal after judges ruled against her claim late Tuesday night. Ms. Zhou asserted in 2018 that Zhu Jun had assaulted her in a dressing room four years…