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US wants Taiwan to ‘serve as cannon fodder’ against mainland China: state media

“Separatists” and the United States are putting Taiwan in greater danger, state broadcaster CCTV warned on Friday after Washington’s de facto ambassador said the island could convince a potential adversary that landing forces would be very difficult. Raymond Greene, the director of the American Institute in Taiwan, said in a keynote address at the 2026 Taipei Security Dialogue on Wednesday that…

US wants Taiwan to ‘serve as cannon fodder’ against mainland China: state media

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