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Xi Jinping Under Pressure in Central Asia and Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Mel Gurtov
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Abstract

In the course of his September Central Asia tour, Xi Jinping met with Vladimir Putin for what many expected would be a reprise of their “no limits” declaration, issued when Putin was in Beijing just prior to launching his war on Ukraine. In fact, there were major limits to Xi's support of Putin's war then, and that became even more evident this time around. Putin acknowledged as much. “We highly appreciate the balanced position of our Chinese friends in connection with the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin said. In plain English, Putin was expressing disappointment that China had failed to deliver as expected on their “friendship.” This article examines China's position on Central Asia and Taiwan in a time of crisis.

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Research Article
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 20 , Issue 17 , October 2022 , e7
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Copyright © The Authors 2022

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Notes

1 Text at foreign.senate.gov.

2 U.S.-Taiwan bill sails through Senate panel despite White House misgivings

3 According to the US State Department's Fact Sheet, “U.S. Relations with Taiwan,” May 28, 2022, “Taiwanese cumulative investment in the United States was nearly $137 billion in 2020. Taiwan's direct investment in the United States is led by manufacturing, wholesale trade, and depository institutions. These investments directly support an estimated 21,000 jobs in the United States and $1.5 billion in U.S. exports.”

4 Bryant Harris, “U.S. Approves $1.1 Billion Taiwan Arms Sale,” Defense News, September 6, 2022. The rest of the arms package, values at roughly $4.5 billion, is in the Taiwan Policy Act. Actual arms deliveries from the US to Taiwan came to just under $900 million between 2017 and 2021, underscoring the significance of the backlog. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), September 24, 2022.

5 The white paper, published on August 10, 2022, removes previous assurances to Taiwan that, after unification, it could maintain its own political, administrative, and military system, and that China would not station troops in Taiwan.

6 Biden again says US forces would defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression

7 See, for example, US and Canadian warships sail through Taiwan Strait after Biden vows to defend island.

8 Shuxian Luo, “Addressing Military AI Risks in U.S.-China Crisis Management Mechanisms,” China International Strategy Review, September 2022.