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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023
ELITE
VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023

Therefore, we can say that this visit will In the end, despite China's fears of United
ignite further tensions between the United States support for Taiwan, the United States
States and China and that it is not conducive continues to pursue a policy of strategic
to calming the situation, especially as the ambiguity with Taiwan, where it maintains an
two countries continue to have many files ambiguous position on whether or not to

and issues on which to meet, especially the defend it in the event of China's invasion of
issues of cooperation between them. Taiwan. This confirms Blinken's statement:
However, China and the United States are "We have no desire to change the status quo in
not expected to separate their conflict file on the Taiwan Strait. Our policy has not changed
the Taiwan case from the rest of the files. On ". Thus, specifically to the position of the
the contrary, these tensions on this file are United States on Taiwan's independence, we
expected to affect other files commending can say that the United States may not
cooperation between the two sides. This is interfere in their conflict to preserve its
similar to the steps taken by China against interests, which have been given an
the United States and Pelosi as part of last opportunity by adhering to the "one China"
year's visit to Taiwan, through which it is policy, thereby, standing against Taiwan's
clear that there is no intention for China to ideology of secession from China because of
separate Taiwan's file from other files, but its opposition to the interests of the United
rather to use other files as a mean of pressing States. Accordingly, it is believed that the
the United States on this one. Thus, by not United States continues to weigh its
separating the file of Taiwan from the potentially changing position, which appears
others, it is easy for China to put economic to be unstable, while still giving gestures of
pressure on the United States, especially as it cooperation with Taiwan through this visit.

enjoys economic relations with the world's But, despite this, such a visit is not expected to
nations, and with the ongoing trade war create a war between the two countries,
between the two countries in which Beijing is especially since it is not worse than Pelosi's
stepping up as a major threat to visit last year, for China, but surely, it will
Washington's global status and influence. negatively affect attempts to calm down
The seriousness of these threats has emerged between the two countries.
with China's accession to Russia, which is
the current main opponent of the United
States, especially in the context of the
ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. It has
also become very difficult to separate China
economically from the world's nations in
general and European countries, in
particular, being the ally of the United
States.

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