Robert S. Litwak

Jun 26, 2024 | thebulletin.org | Robert Daly |Robert S. Litwak |John Mecklin

A large screen on a street in Beijing shows a Chinese military plane participating in a three-day air and sea exercise around Taiwan that began on April 8, 2023. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images) At their meeting last November, US President Joe Biden and China’s General Secretary Xi Jinping agreed to resume dialogue to promote peace. But the first real test of their tentative comity, Taiwan’s May presidential election, brought saber-rattling from Beijing.