Top US General Doubts Xi Planning to Take Taiwan by Force
- Charles Q. Brown Jr. says he’s written to Chinese counterpart
- Xi, Biden expected to meet next week for first time in a year
Charles Q. Brown Jr.
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The US’s top general said he doubts Beijing plans to try to take Taiwan militarily, comments that ease tensions regarding the island just before President Joe Biden meets China’s leader.
“I do think that Xi Jinping doesn’t necessarily want to take Taiwan by force,” Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in Tokyo on Friday. “He will try to use other ways to do this.”