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The Global Times , a Chinese government propaganda outlet, declared the top goal of dictator Xi Jinping’s upcoming discussion with President Joe Biden on Monday night ‘suppressing ‘Taiwan secession.'” The Communist Party of China calls the recognition of the reality that Taiwan is a free, democratic state “secession,” despite never in its history having control of the island. Taiwan functions as a fully independent, sovereign country, but Beijing insists it is a rogue “province” and browbeats other countries, including the United States, into failing to respect its status. Xi and Biden scheduled a video meeting for Tuesday morning Beijing time,...
