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China, Europe, Taiwan, United States
Beijing toughens stance on Taiwan and Hong Kong's non-US foreign supporters

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Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te in Taipei, Taiwan, on 9 September 2025.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te in Taipei, Taiwan, on 9 September 2025. © Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via AFP

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has capitalised on Washington's ambiguous stance on Taiwan to implement a discreet strategic overhaul. Lawmakers, journalists, and media outlets from Japan and other non-US Western democracies that express solidarity with either Taiwan or the Lai Ching-te administration are being monitored and may be barred from entering China.

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