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Chinese genomics company BGI Group hired a U.S. law firm to send threatening letters to a Washington D.C. think tank to compel it to disavow a report on BGI that was influential during the U.S. Congress's consideration of the BIOSECURE Act.
Following a U.S.-brokered agreement in 2012 for a mutual withdrawal from Scarborough Shoal, the People's Republic of China returned to occupy the feature after the Philippines had withdrawn.
The vast majority of the approximately 70 states that have adopted China's position on Taiwan in joint statements did so within the last 18 months following a Chinese diplomatic offensive.
The People's Republic of China frequently claims that UN Resolution 2758 endorses its sovereignty over Taiwan, but the text of the resolution does not mention Taiwan.
The Taiwan Relations Act mandates that the United States will provide Taiwan with defensive arms and maintain its own capacity to resist any use of force against Taiwan.
The 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty states that Japan relinquishes control over Taiwan, but it does not specify to which entity sovereignty is transferred.
The official position of the United States is that Taiwan's international status is undetermined and its resolution must be voluntary and have the consent of both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The Taiwan Relations Act states that any non-peaceful effort to determine Taiwan's future is a threat to the peace of the Western Pacific and of grave concern to the United States.
The People's Republic of China has recently added a clause to its "One China" position asserting its right to use any means, not necessarily peaceful, for national unification with Taiwan.
A majority of the approximately 70 countries that have endorsed China's position on Taiwan in joint statements have done so within the last 18 months due to a Chinese diplomatic offensive.
The People's Republic of China is using diplomatic statements from other countries to create legal and political cover for potential military action against Taiwan.
The People's Republic of China falsely claims that UN Resolution 2758, which transferred China's UN seat, also endorsed PRC sovereignty over Taiwan.