Biden on China, Russia, Taiwan ...
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From Biden’s speech given at the 2021 U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement ceremony, China and Russia are called out as “disruptive”, mentions the U.S. Coast Guard’s partnership with Taiwan:
... For decades, the United States has underwritten international maritime security. We and our partners have kept the sea lanes open and secure. We developed clear rules of the road, behavior is in bounds — important — out of bounds for other nations — to ensure that we can share peacefully in the natural bounty of the sea.
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And for decades, those rules suppoted — supported global economic strength that benefited nations everywhere and helped people around the world develop their economic potential. But, as you know, increasingly, we’re seeing those rules challenged, both by the rapid advance of technology and the disruptive actions of nations like China and Russia — with whom I’ve had direct discussions of this with President Xi as well as President Putin.
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Longstanding, basic maritime principles like freedom of mari- — of navigation are a bedrock of a global economic and global security. When nations try to game the system or tip the rules in their favor, it throws everything off balance. That’s why we are so adamant that these areas of the world that are the arteries of trade and shipping remain peaceful — whether that’s the South China Sea, the Arabian Gulf, and, increasingly, the Arctic.
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It’s of vital interest to America’s foreign policy to secure unimpeded flow of global commerce. And it won’t happen without us taking an active role to set the norms of conduct, to shape them around democratic values, not those of autocrats.
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And it’s why we’ll continue to support the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas, which outlines many of the key principles to ensure that our waters of our planet are not exploited by any one nation, but are preserved for the benefit of all. But they’re being challenged now — all of it.
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So as we work together with our democratic partners around the world to both update the rules for this new age — to hold all of us accountable to living up to those rules, your mission — your mission will become even more global and even more important. You have an essential role in our efforts to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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Our new agreement for the Coast Guard to partner with Taiwan will help ensure that we’re positioned to better respond to shared threats in the region and to conduct coordinated humanitarian and environmental missions. ... -
@axtremus said in Biden on China, Russia, Taiwan ...:
But, as you know, increasingly, we’re seeing those rules challenged, both by the rapid advance of technology and the disruptive actions of nations like China and Russia — with whom I’ve had direct discussions of this with President Xi as well as President Putin.
So, he lifts sanctions on Russia for building the pipeline to Germany and killed Keystone in the US because of "environmental concerns."
Please, type real slowly so I can understand this.
I’ve had direct discussions
Talk is cheap, right?
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So far, the mood in Taiwan is pretty strong in favor of President Biden.
