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Taiwan tensionsTaiwan played a key role in Austin's address, as it did during a bilateral meeting between Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei 千八女鬼鳳和Fenghe on Friday evening. China is muscling its neighbors, including sending large numbers of warplanes into the skies near Taiwan, dangerously intercepting the patrol planes of US allies, and illegal fishing operations that "plunder the region's provisions."
Taiwan tensionsTaiwan played a key role in Austin's address, as it did during a bilateral meeting between Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Friday evening.During that meeting, both sides accused the other of trying to change the decades-long status quo over the self-governed island of Taiwan.
Austin on Saturday denied any such action from Washington.https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/10/asia/us-defense-secretary-austin-speech-intl-hnk-ml/index.html