The U.S.¡¯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.¡±
Brown added that he wrote to his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Liu Zhenli, to establish lines of communication but hadn¡¯t yet interacted with him directly. ¡°If the opportunity presents itself, I will definitely engage,¡± Brown said.
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