Biden aims for improved military relations with China when he meets with Xi - The Boston Globe

Nov 15, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    66% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"Allies worried that China would seek to limit international transit through the region, and that the islands could be used as bases for military action."
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6% Conservative
"Pelosi was the highest-ranking American lawmaker to visit Taiwan since 1997, when then-Speaker Newt Gingrich traveled there."
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14% Conservative
"The following year Hagel made a historic visit to Yuchi Naval Base and became the first foreign visitor to go aboard China's first aircraft carrier as it was docked at the base."
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12% Conservative
"And in a 2008 speech in Singapore, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates noted that relations with China had improved, and that a long-sought direct telephone link between the U.S. and China had finally been established."
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2% Conservative
"And the only way you do that is you talk to each other, noted then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in 2013."
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-10% Liberal
"U.S. officials suggested China was simply using Pelosi's visit as a convenient excuse to cut off ties, which were strained by other points of contention, including economic sanctions."
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-16% Liberal
"In 2018, the Trump administration abruptly withdrew an invitation for Beijing to participate in the military exercise known as Rim of the Pacific, citing what it called strong evidence that China had deployed weapons systems on the islands."
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-18% Liberal
"And in August 2022, Beijing suspended all military contacts with the U.S., in the wake of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan."
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-28% Liberal
"Even as military leaders were meeting, the Obama administration's widely touted pivot to the Pacific, which added troops, ships and other U.S. military activity in the region, triggered vehement criticism from Beijing."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Allies worried that China would seek to limit international transit through the region, and that the islands could be used as bases for military action.

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