Pacific Forum Adjunct Sr Fellow; China & Taiwan analyst; Fulbright Scholar; E Larus Consulting LLC; Author, Politics & Society in Contemporary China
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
NEW: Xi jinping's remarks didn’t make Taiwan a priority and Chinese state media gave it limited attention. The U.S. has yet to issue its own readout. For now, Taiwan appears to have emerged largely unscathed, @JoshuaMWilkes @redharryng report.
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
“Before the sin, Satan assures us it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.”
—Fulton J. Sheen
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
The Vatican doesn’t recognize that the People’s Republic of China is a country, and instead recognizes Taiwan. It’s far braver in that regard than basically every country in the world, including our own.
.@peterthiel calls Pope Leo a ‘useful idiot’ for the Chinese Communist Party over his AI encyclical
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
If Xi concludes that our lead in the AI race is insurmountable, or in other words, that he is on the losing side of a tech gap that will define military power for a generation, his case for Taiwan grows.
Why play a losing game when you can flip the board?
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
From the headlines one might think that a red carpet is an important part of #Xijinping - @realDonaldTrump meeting and US - #China relations.
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
At the White House in 2006, Hu Jintao commended the US for its opposition to Taiwan independence. China’s word choice might vary but generally it hasn’t changed much.
Wouldn’t over analyze this but I get it, many people will.
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
The ceremony at the pope's vigil has the internet in AWE 🇫🇷 🇻🇦
People are saying that it is the complete OPPOSITE of the Olympics Opening Ceremony of two years ago
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a statement today celebrating the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in St. Louis, calling him a “Catholic priest who pioneered the use of media to speak the truth, preach the Gospel, and bring many souls closer to Christ.”
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
Much attention on the symbolism of the Xi visit. How about this? After-dinner entertainment “Nessun dorma” from Turandot is the aria sung by a man as he waits to find out whether or not he will be executed at the hands of a capricious, cruel member of the Chinese ruling family. Well played!
Truly unbelievable—Here’s another behind the scenes of last nights State Dinner at the @WhiteHouse…
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
White House plays 'Les Miserables' hit censored by China at Trump-Xi dinner trib.al/kJzhWsN
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
@ChinaSelect Chair @RepMoolenaar:
"Our goal is to have peace across the Taiwan Strait, the status quo"
(@ChingteLai @DPPonline would probably prefer the talking point is "The people of Taiwan have the right to decide status". Instead he said Taiwan’s status should remain as is)
The CCP is increasingly threatening Taiwan, trying to intimidate and harass it. It is vital that we stand with Taiwan against the CCP’s aggression.
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
Women from Myanmar are increasingly transported to China and subjected to sex trafficking and domestic servitude through forced marriages to Chinese men.
Burmese and often Chinese government are complicit in this
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
Great to see @RFERL connecting the dots between China, Russia, Iran, North Korea.
US lawmakers and national-security experts are pressing Trump to take tougher action against Chinese entities accused of helping Iran with satellite intelligence, weapons components, and oil revenue.
By @ralexdc rferl.org/a/trump-xi-china-s…
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
This is incredible. 80,000 young French Catholics sing the Salve Regina in Latin with Pope Leo XIV at a Prayer Vigil in the Stade de France.
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Elizabeth Freund Larus retweeted
When @POTUS greeted Xi Jinping at a White House dinner yesterday, he presented him w/ a statue of an eagle perched on a branch.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Lai rots in prison for peacefully advocating freedom for Hong Kong.
Free this man, Mr President.
@wjmcgurn @SupportJimmyLai @DLoesch
Time is running out — for Trump and Jimmy Lai.
Lai is, in the words of the Wall Street Journal, “the world’s most famous political prisoner.” He is a Solzhenitsyn for our time. A devout Christian who spends much of his time in prison sketching scenes from Christ’s crucifixion.
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