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They’ve been called “a parody,” “a sham,” and “the worst possible conditions” for a vote, but Nicaragua’s general elections are going ahead on Sunday anyway.
After an iron-fisted crackdown on opposition voices this year, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is widely expected to claim a fourth consecutive term at the polls this weekend, alongside his vice president and wife Rosario Murillo.
The vote is the first for Nicaragua since a wave of popular demonstrations in 2018 rattled the country, and the Ortega government is taking no chances, having spent the past months blocking political participation of potential rivals and closely controlling the electoral process.
Several possible candidates for the presidency have been detained in recent months. Journalist and former candidate Cristiana Chamorro Barrios — whose mother defeated Ortega at the polls in 1990 — was placed under house arrest this summer on nebulous charges (which she denies) over her management of a nonprofit. Her cousin, economist Juan Sebastián Chamorro García, who was running for president for another party, was also arrested.
In total, at least half a dozen likely presidential contenders have been arrested ahead of the vote, including former diplomat Arturo Cruz, political scientist Félix Maradiaga, journalist Miguel Mora Barberena, and rural labor leader Medardo Mairena Sequeira.
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Dozens of other prominent critics and opposition leaders have been detained and investigated for alleged national security concerns, according to Nicaraguan law enforcement — moves that much of the international community has criticized as political repression.
Nicaraguans will also cast votes for the country’s National Assembly this Sunday — though under the current conditions, Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) is expected to claim overwhelming victory. Other parties are in the running, but none are seen as significant challengers to the incumbent government, according to the Americas Society/Council of Americas.
Furthering concerns that the deck is stacked in the septuagenarian leader’s favor and that of his party, the country’s Ortega-aligned electoral council has limited campaigning and the eligibility of political parties — creating what the Organization of American States Secretary General Luiz Almagro described in May as “the worst possible circumstances for an electoral process.”
Misinformation and the manipulation of social networks have emerged as another possible contaminant in the electoral process. Facebook last week said that it had removed a troll farm of more than 1,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts backed by the government, Reuters reported. The accounts had been working to amplify pro-government content, according to the news agency.
Throughout it all, the specter of Covid-19 still looms over the vote. Though the country has officially counted fewer than 20,000 cases and just 209 deaths since the start of the pandemic, health experts say the reality could be more severe than reported. According to the Pan American Health Organization, less than 20% of Nicaragua’s population has been vaccinated
‘A parody of an election’
The Ortega government’s tactics to stifle competition have prompted condemnation from democracies around the world. At the height of the presidential candidates’ arrests this summer, Mexico and Argentina recalled their ambassadors for consultations, citing “worrying legal actions by the Nicaraguan government.”
During a November 3 meeting about a new report on Nicaragua’s political repression by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, US representative Bradley Freden described the Nicaraguan election as “nothing more than a sham.”
“The event that’s about to take place on November 7 is a parody of an election,” echoed Canadian representative Hugh Adsett.
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President Joe Biden spoke for the first time Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron after a major diplomatic crisis exploded between the two longtime allies over a deal to equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.
In the 30-minute call, Biden appeared to acknowledge missteps in how the United States approached the talks. A joint statement between the United States and France afterward said Macron and Biden “agreed that the situation would have benefitted from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners.”
“President Biden conveyed his ongoing commitment in that regard,” the statement said.
The rare, if indirect, admission of error was a signal of how seriously both sides are taking the diplomatic dispute, which has led to the lowest point in relations between the United States and France since the “Freedom Fries” era at the start of the Iraq War.
In their call, Biden and Macron agreed to meet in person at the end of next month in Europe. Biden had already planned to attend a Group of 20 summit in Rome at the end of October and an official said the assumption is that the meeting between the two leaders will take place there.
“The two leaders have decided to open a process of in-depth consultations, aimed at creating the conditions for ensuring confidence and proposing concrete measures toward common objectives,” the statement read.
Macron also agreed to return his ambassador to Washington after recalling him for consultations in Paris. And Biden voiced support for “the importance of a stronger and more capable European defense,” a longtime priority for Macron.
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The talks were expected to be tense, though the White House said afterward the tone was “friendly” between the two leaders. Press secretary Jen Psaki said it was important for Biden to directly convey his belief that “there could have been more of a discussion” ahead of the submarine announcement. She stopped short of saying Biden apologized for what transpired.
Macron had mostly withheld comment publicly on the dispute, waiting to air his rage directly to Biden. But other officials in his government have spared nothing in describing France’s shock and fury at the submarine agreement, which deprived France of a major contract of its own and left Paris feeling excluded and diminished.
Biden himself has ignored all questions on the France dispute since the crisis erupted at the end of last week, but officials said he was surprised by the outsized reaction from Paris and wanted to smooth things over with his counterpart, aiming to lower the temperature over the phone.
Psaki said the White House would look to identify how the breakdown occurred, but avoided saying Biden blamed any individual for what transpired.
“He holds himself responsible,” she said. “Certainly, though, he has a responsibility to talk to his team always about how we can best manage our diplomatic relationships and that’s what he does in any scenario.”
Before the two presidents spoke, French officials laid out a lengthy list of expectations for the telephone call, which occurred mid-morning Washington time. An official at the Élysée, the French presidential office, said Macron expected Biden to offer clarification for how the deal came together without consultations with the French.
“We expect our allies to recognize that the exchanges and consultations that should have been conducted were not, and that this poses a question of trust,” the official said. Macron would also seek to identify a “solid process in a concrete time frame and at a high level (that) will allow us to create the conditions for restoring trust,” the official said.
Biden requested the call with Macron over the weekend as tensions simmered over the surprise submarine deal, which was viewed as a significant strategic move to counter China in the region. The French informed the White House on Friday that Macron’s ambassador in Washington, Philippe Etienne, was being recalled to Paris for consultations.
The French were quick to announce Biden’s request for a phone call publicly, and the White House confirmed the two men were trying to connect. American officials said Biden wanted to speak soon with Macron about the “way forward.”
“We understand the French position,” a senior US administration official said Monday. “We don’t share their view in terms of how this all developed.”
While Biden met in person on Tuesday with the prime ministers of Australia and the United Kingdom, he did not have any in-person meetings with Macron on the books until they spoke on Wednesday.
The French President did not travel to this week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York, a decision based in pandemic concerns that predated the submarine spat.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday he would not speak with Macron during the UN this week.
“That is not an opportunity for that at this time. I’m sure that opportunity will come in time. But right now, I understand the disappointment,” Morrison said.
And British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to make light of France’s outrage during an interview outside the US Capitol in Washington.
“I just think it’s time for some of my dearest friends around the world to prenez un grip about this and donnez moi un break,” Johnson said, using a bit of Franglish to suggest France may be overreacting. He called the agreement a “fundamentally a great step forward for global security.”
Biden wasn’t likely to similarly diminish the French concerns, at least in public. Still, some American officials said they believed France was being overly dramatic in its response to the submarine deal and have noted Macron is set to compete for reelection in the coming months.
France has reacted with intense indignation over the agreement between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom to create a new defense alliance focused on security in Asia. The foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said Biden’s actions recalled something his predecessor, Donald Trump, might have done but “without the tweets.”
The move has also opened a new fissure in the Western alliance and sparked growing public criticism from other European officials. Thierry Breton, the EU commissioner for internal markets, said in an interview with CNN on Monday that “something is broken between our relations in Europe and the US.”
In an exclusive interview with CNN on Monday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said “a lot of questions” must be answered when it comes to the breakdown of the French-Australian submarine deal.
France stands to lose the equivalent of $65 billion US dollars from an existing deal to provide Australia with conventional, diesel-powered submarines. The canceled deal is expected to make a significant economic impact on the French defense sector. France also stands to lose out strategically in the Indo-Pacific, where the country holds significant interests.
But more broadly, the announcement triggered anger in France at being left out of sensitive discussions over the new pact, which they said amounted to a stab in the back. American, Australian and British officials had been in highly secret talks for months over a plan to share technology for nuclear powered submarines, a process that was hatched more than a year ago and accelerated after Biden took office in January.
Officials familiar with the matter said the discussions were kept exceedingly quiet, even within their own governments, given the sensitive nature of the technology, the prospect for angering China and the belief that any word leaking out could potentially scuttle the entire thing. The process “was undertaken with a high degree of discretion,” a senior administration official said.
Talks proceeded at the staff level over the course of the spring before the issue was raised in a meeting between Biden, Morrison and Johnson on the sidelines of the Group of 7 summit, held in June on the English coast. There was no public disclosure of the submarine deal at the time.
Biden met Macron on the same day — their only in-person one-on-one to date — and the two men appeared to get on well: cameras caught them wrapping their arms over each other’s shoulders as they walked from the beach to the summit venue. Officials said talks between the men, which occurred on a sunny deck overlooking Carbis Bay, seemed cordial. But the brewing submarine deal never came up, according to US and French officials.
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In Spain, it is legal to be naked — anywhere.
Not that many people do it, but it means they are more liberal about where and when you can be nude or semi-nude. For instance, it’s a common sight to see women sunbathing on the beach topless, even with their children nearby. There is no shame in it. It is perfectly ordinary.
And because it’s so normalized and so common, it takes away a lot of the gawking associated with beach bodies in most parts of the world.
So if you go topless — as I did during my last holiday in the Canary Islands — no one will bat an eyelid.
I would be lying if I told you it was an empowering, feminist experience that changed my entire life. It didn’t. I was a body among other bodies. It just made me feel happy.
And for once, I didn’t have to worry about anyone harassing or sexually objectifying me because of it.
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No, women’s bodies aren’t inherently sexual
Sunbathing topless is received very differently around the world, and as many as 38 countries still consider it a criminal offense. In many other countries, even if the act isn’t prohibited by law, barely any women do it as it is generally looked down upon.
Why?
Well, women’s breasts and bodies are still largely perceived as offensive and only worthy of appreciation when abiding by dominant ‘beauty’ standards. And that’s because our society has systematically and historically hidden, shamed or sexualized women’s bodies — leaving no space for normal, positive representations and relationships with ourselves.
From early on, girls are taught that our ‘cursed’ female body turns men into ‘horny bastards’ who can’t control themselves. In other words, we shouldn’t be surprised men objectify us if our inherently sexual bodies are ‘asking for it,’ right? Yikes.
A woman’s body, just like a man’s, can be sexual in some situations. In other cases — it’s not. It’s just a body. A walking, breathing organism. Not an inflatable sex toy. And just because some men grow up believing it’s ok to behave like ‘horny bastards’ it doesn’t mean men as a whole are physically unable to control themselves. They can do that just fine.
Sadly, due to this sexual objectification and body shaming, many girls grow up feeling ashamed and even repulsed with how they look — myself included. And women’s hatred of their bodies is such an everyday phenomenon that we pay no heed to just how deeply it cuts into our sense of self.
But when we try to shake it off and learn how to love our bodies and be proud of them — we’re shamed for that, too. What a surprise.
Slut-shaming exists for a reason
If you caught a glimpse of the Olympics this year, you probably noticed all the bouncy asses in skimpy pants and boobs slipping out of impossibly tight sports bras.
Well, it shouldn’t be news to anyone that female athletes’ wardrobes are often strikingly sexist. While men’s uniforms are usually designed for practicality, women’s uniforms are designed for show. Because as we all know, the only visual purpose of a woman’s body is to pleasure men. Duh, what else could it be?
And so the minute our bodies exist for any other reason than that, all hell breaks loose.
A female athlete forced to wear a skimpy outfit while competing in the Olympics? Oh, that’s perfectly fine; at least men have something to look at. A woman wearing a skimpy outfit in real life while going out with her friends? What a slut. She obviously doesn’t have an ounce of respect for herself.
The very reason why slut-shaming exists in the first place is because men are taught they are entitled to women’s bodies. And they think shaming us for ‘daring’ to dress and look however we want will remind us of that entitlement. It will humble us down. Put us back in our expected place in the society where men, once again, can have unrestricted access to our bodies.
But most importantly, they use slut-shaming in hopes of breaking us. After all, broken women are the pillars men use to uphold patriarchy.
Whatever we do, we can’t win
The fact that sexual objectification of women’s bodies and slut-shaming exist simultaneously should be proof enough that women simply can’t win.
Being a woman often feels like one of those interactive story games in which you have to make decisions for your character, and based on that, you get different outcomes, only in this game, it doesn’t matter which choice you make — you’re screwed anyway.
I imagine if you’d actually make a story game about it, it would go like this:
Congratulations! You have been assigned to a female body. What would you like to do next?
A. Be proud of it and not afraid to show it.
B. Just exist within it peacefully.
C. Try at all costs to avoid being objectified.
If you choose A, men will objectify each part of your body and, in the same breath, call you a vain and superficial slut. Even more so if your chosen avatar complies with beauty norms dictated by society. Additionally, most of your societal respect points will be taken away immediately.
If you choose B, men will still objectify each part of your body. They might also try to coerce you into sending them naked pictures of yourself, which will probably end up circulating on a random Reddit forum. If you refuse to send any, you will be labeled a prude or a bitch.
If you choose C, men will still objectify each part of your body. Right off the bat, you will also be labeled a prude or a bitch for not wanting to offer your body on the altar of male validation. And if you would really like the objectification to stop, complete the game until level 40, when you’ll reach your expiration date and become invisible to most men.
Warning: sexual harassment and rape threats from angry men might randomly pop up throughout the game, regardless of which letter you’ve initially picked.
What we choose to do with our bodies is no one else’s business
Despite all of the shame I once felt about my female flesh suit, I’m slowly growing to love it. And that’s why going topless on that Spanish beach made me feel happy and even a bit proud of myself.
It might not be a thing for everyone, though, and that’s ok, too.
The bottom line is, we should feel free to dress and look however we want and not be bullied into submission to either modesty culture values or revealing fashion trends. Because whatever we choose to do with our bodies is no one else’s business but our own. And just as there isn’t an outfit that prevents rape, sexual harassment, and objectification, there isn’t one that encourages it.
Even being completely naked isn’t ‘asking for it.’
Nudity does NOT necessarily equal sexuality.
And it’s about time more people got that through their thick skulls instead of jumping on the slut-shaming or sexual objectification bandwagon any chance they get.
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In Spain, it is legal to be naked — anywhere.
Not that many people do it, but it means they are more liberal about where and when you can be nude or semi-nude. For instance, it’s a common sight to see women sunbathing on the beach topless, even with their children nearby. There is no shame in it. It is perfectly ordinary.
And because it’s so normalized and so common, it takes away a lot of the gawking associated with beach bodies in most parts of the world.
So if you go topless — as I did during my last holiday in the Canary Islands — no one will bat an eyelid.
I would be lying if I told you it was an empowering, feminist experience that changed my entire life. It didn’t. I was a body among other bodies. It just made me feel happy.
And for once, I didn’t have to worry about anyone harassing or sexually objectifying me because of it.
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No, women’s bodies aren’t inherently sexual
Sunbathing topless is received very differently around the world, and as many as 38 countries still consider it a criminal offense. In many other countries, even if the act isn’t prohibited by law, barely any women do it as it is generally looked down upon.
Why?
Well, women’s breasts and bodies are still largely perceived as offensive and only worthy of appreciation when abiding by dominant ‘beauty’ standards. And that’s because our society has systematically and historically hidden, shamed or sexualized women’s bodies — leaving no space for normal, positive representations and relationships with ourselves.
From early on, girls are taught that our ‘cursed’ female body turns men into ‘horny bastards’ who can’t control themselves. In other words, we shouldn’t be surprised men objectify us if our inherently sexual bodies are ‘asking for it,’ right? Yikes.
A woman’s body, just like a man’s, can be sexual in some situations. In other cases — it’s not. It’s just a body. A walking, breathing organism. Not an inflatable sex toy. And just because some men grow up believing it’s ok to behave like ‘horny bastards’ it doesn’t mean men as a whole are physically unable to control themselves. They can do that just fine.
Sadly, due to this sexual objectification and body shaming, many girls grow up feeling ashamed and even repulsed with how they look — myself included. And women’s hatred of their bodies is such an everyday phenomenon that we pay no heed to just how deeply it cuts into our sense of self.
But when we try to shake it off and learn how to love our bodies and be proud of them — we’re shamed for that, too. What a surprise.
Slut-shaming exists for a reason
If you caught a glimpse of the Olympics this year, you probably noticed all the bouncy asses in skimpy pants and boobs slipping out of impossibly tight sports bras.
Well, it shouldn’t be news to anyone that female athletes’ wardrobes are often strikingly sexist. While men’s uniforms are usually designed for practicality, women’s uniforms are designed for show. Because as we all know, the only visual purpose of a woman’s body is to pleasure men. Duh, what else could it be?
And so the minute our bodies exist for any other reason than that, all hell breaks loose.
A female athlete forced to wear a skimpy outfit while competing in the Olympics? Oh, that’s perfectly fine; at least men have something to look at. A woman wearing a skimpy outfit in real life while going out with her friends? What a slut. She obviously doesn’t have an ounce of respect for herself.
The very reason why slut-shaming exists in the first place is because men are taught they are entitled to women’s bodies. And they think shaming us for ‘daring’ to dress and look however we want will remind us of that entitlement. It will humble us down. Put us back in our expected place in the society where men, once again, can have unrestricted access to our bodies.
But most importantly, they use slut-shaming in hopes of breaking us. After all, broken women are the pillars men use to uphold patriarchy.
Whatever we do, we can’t win
The fact that sexual objectification of women’s bodies and slut-shaming exist simultaneously should be proof enough that women simply can’t win.
Being a woman often feels like one of those interactive story games in which you have to make decisions for your character, and based on that, you get different outcomes, only in this game, it doesn’t matter which choice you make — you’re screwed anyway.
I imagine if you’d actually make a story game about it, it would go like this:
Congratulations! You have been assigned to a female body. What would you like to do next?
A. Be proud of it and not afraid to show it.
B. Just exist within it peacefully.
C. Try at all costs to avoid being objectified.
If you choose A, men will objectify each part of your body and, in the same breath, call you a vain and superficial slut. Even more so if your chosen avatar complies with beauty norms dictated by society. Additionally, most of your societal respect points will be taken away immediately.
If you choose B, men will still objectify each part of your body. They might also try to coerce you into sending them naked pictures of yourself, which will probably end up circulating on a random Reddit forum. If you refuse to send any, you will be labeled a prude or a bitch.
If you choose C, men will still objectify each part of your body. Right off the bat, you will also be labeled a prude or a bitch for not wanting to offer your body on the altar of male validation. And if you would really like the objectification to stop, complete the game until level 40, when you’ll reach your expiration date and become invisible to most men.
Warning: sexual harassment and rape threats from angry men might randomly pop up throughout the game, regardless of which letter you’ve initially picked.
What we choose to do with our bodies is no one else’s business
Despite all of the shame I once felt about my female flesh suit, I’m slowly growing to love it. And that’s why going topless on that Spanish beach made me feel happy and even a bit proud of myself.
It might not be a thing for everyone, though, and that’s ok, too.
The bottom line is, we should feel free to dress and look however we want and not be bullied into submission to either modesty culture values or revealing fashion trends. Because whatever we choose to do with our bodies is no one else’s business but our own. And just as there isn’t an outfit that prevents rape, sexual harassment, and objectification, there isn’t one that encourages it.
Even being completely naked isn’t ‘asking for it.’
Nudity does NOT necessarily equal sexuality.
And it’s about time more people got that through their thick skulls instead of jumping on the slut-shaming or sexual objectification bandwagon any chance they get.
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Washington (CNN)The US and China have agreed in principle that President Joe Biden and Preident Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting before the end of the year, part of an effort to ensure stability in one of the world's most consequential and fraught relationships, a senior administration official said Wednesday.
The tentative agreement was one result of an extended, six-hour meeting between Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan and China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi. The two men met in Switzerland for talks touching on areas of cooperation and disagreement as tensions between their two countries have spiked in recent days over Taiwan.
Beijing has sent record-breaking numbers of war planes into Taiwan's airspace over the past week, prompting sharp warnings from Secretary of State Tony Blinken and other senior Biden administration officials about the potential for destabilization and miscalculation.
The central goal of the meeting, the senior administration official said, was to improve communication between the two global giants and avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, with the thinking that "this intense competition … really requires enhanced diplomacy." The planned meeting between Biden and Xi, who developed a relationship years ago when they were vice presidents of their countries, will be a significant step toward that goal, the official said.
'Responsibly manage competition'
"We do have out of today's conversation an agreement in principle to hold a virtual bilateral meeting between the leaders before the end of the year," the official said, adding that details such as timing would be worked out in the coming days. "We think it's particularly important for the leaders taking more of a role in managing this relationship and through, including through, ongoing discussion directly between the two of them."
The official said that Wednesday's meeting was "a productive step" toward a meeting between Xi and Biden that "would really be part of our efforts to responsibly manage competition between our two countries, hoping that it would be very much in the same spirit of the competition today, and open dialogue, honest back-and-forth."
The official said that the tenor of Wednesday's meeting was far removed from the fiery public exchange Sullivan and Blinken had with Yang and State Councilor Wang Yi at a March meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. After that encounter, Chinese officials accused the US delegation of being "condescending" in tone, while a US official said the Chinese officials had seemed "intent on grandstanding."
Sullivan's meeting with Yang was "a different tone than Anchorage, different kind of feel, in terms of the ability to go back and forth," the official said, adding that "we thought it was really important to be able to have those conversations in private."
The chance for the two leaders to speak privately may also have addressed US frustration about the quality of communication with Chinese officials.
The administration official spoke about "some of our frustrations with the, with the, our inability to have really deep meaningful conversations with Chinese counterparts in previous engagements" and the "challenge of getting our Chinese counterparts off talking points."
Biden's call to Xi in September was "really about ensuring that we have an open lines of communication. They really talked about the importance of having more substantive conversations than we had to date and including the need to do that in private," the official said, adding "that's what this meeting today was all about."
Sullivan and Yang were able to move talks to the point where "they really evolved to genuine back-and-forth, which was quite welcome," the official added.
Candid, direct, wide-ranging
The conversation between Sullivan and Yang, who met in Zurich, was "candid, it was direct, it was wide-ranging," the official said.
Sullivan raised climate change as an area of cooperation, but stressed that the US will not accept Chinese attempts to approach the challenge as a transactional issue, or one where Washington would accept linkages between climate agreements and other issues. Sullivan "made quite clear that linking bilateral issues with these vital transnational challenges, something that we just simply don't see as acceptable and is not the framework through which we operate," the official said.
The US national security adviser also raised areas where the US has concerns about China's behavior, the official said, listing human rights; Xinjiang province, where Beijing has been engaged in a campaign against ethnic Uyghurs that administration officials have said amount to genocide; tensions in the South China Sea, where China has been expanding its territorial ambitions in the contested waters; and Hong Kong, where Beijing has violated agreements with the territory to crush dissent and democracy there.
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Sullivan was also "quite frank" about Taiwan, the official said. "The national security adviser made quite clear concerns we have about Beijing's recent, you know, provocative activities, and our concerns about the continued pressure and coercion that we see by Beijing across the Strait," the official said.
'Rock solid'
They would not characterize the Chinese response, "other than to say that all of the discussion today, including on this point, was very professional and respectful and was really about each of them having an honest exchange of views, and open exchange of views."
Sullivan made clear the US will "continue to support Taiwan's self-defense and we will oppose any unilateral actions to change the status quo," the official said.
Blinken also warned China against pressuring Taiwan on Wednesday, speaking at a news conference in Paris.
"We are very concerned by the PRC's provocative military activity near Taiwan," Blinken told reporters. "As we said, the activity is destabilizing. It risks miscalculation and it has the potential to undermine regional peace and stability. So, we strongly urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic and economic pressure and coercion directed at Taiwan."
Blinken also reiterated the US commitment to Taiwan, calling it "rock solid" and saying that the alliance "over many years, has contributed to the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and within the region, and we will continue to stand with friends, with allies, to advance shared prosperity, shared security, shared values, as well as continue to deepen our ties with the Democratic Taiwan."
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