{"id":21344,"date":"2024-12-24T03:03:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T03:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=21344"},"modified":"2024-12-24T03:03:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T03:03:21","slug":"us-playing-with-fire-after-latest-military-aid-for-taiwan-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=21344","title":{"rendered":"US playing with fire after latest military aid for Taiwan, China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"423\" data-id=\"21345\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/858359_87451727.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/858359_87451727.jpg 752w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/858359_87451727-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING :\u2014 The Chinese government protested the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is \u201cplaying with fire.\u201d<br>U.S. President Joe Biden authorized the provision of up to $571 million in Defense Department material and services and in military education and training for self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory and says must come under its control. Separately, the Defense Department said Friday that $295 million in military sales had been approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Chinese Foreign Ministry statement urged the U.S. to stop arming Taiwan and stop what it called \u201cdangerous moves that undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. military sales and assistance aim to help Taiwan defend itself and deter China from launching an attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $571 million in military assistance comes on top of Biden\u2019s authorization of $567 million for the same purposes in late September. The military sales include $265 million for about 300 tactical radio systems and $30 million for 16 gun mounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING :\u2014 The Chinese government protested the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is \u201cplaying with fire.\u201dU.S. President Joe Biden&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1493,915,2027],"class_list":["post-21344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-china-army","tag-china-beijing","tag-us-president-joe-biden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21346,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21344\/revisions\/21346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}