The transit by the destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and frigate HIMCS Montreal was routine and occurred “through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law,” US Navy spokesperson Lt. Late Saturday afternoon, a US Navy spokesperson said US and Canadian warships were sailing through the Taiwan Strait while the discussions were going on in Singapore. Jing accused Washington of trying to “consolidate hegemony and provoke confrontation,” adding that US actions were damaging regional peace and stability. Shortly after Austin spoke on Saturday, Chinese People’s Liberation Army Lieutenant General Jing Jianfeng told China’s state broadcaster CCTV that the US defense chief’s comments on Taiwan were “completely wrong.” China’s leader Xi Jinping has pointedly not ruled out the use of force. In a question and answer session after his speech, Austin added: “Conflict in the Taiwan Strait would affect the global economy in ways we cannot imagine.”Ĭhina’s ruling Communist Party claims Taiwan as part of its territory, despite never having controlled it, and its increasingly frequent military exercises near to and around the island have raised concerns about how far it will go to realize that claim. Make no mistake: conflict in the Taiwan Strait would be devastating.” And so does freedom of navigation worldwide. The security of commercial shipping lanes and global supply chains depends on it. “The whole world has a stake in maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Deterrence is strong today – and it’s our job to keep it that way,” Austin said in remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit on Saturday, which is being attended by representatives from dozens of countries including China. “Conflict is neither imminent nor inevitable. Official figures won’t be in for a few weeks, but if Saturday night’s fight comes anywhere close to netting the one million $49.99 pay-per-view purchases that the Flody Maywheather and Logan Paul exhibition brought in, both McBroom and Hall stand to make an absurd amount of money-perhaps enough to make make you question if they’re really doing it for the love of the sport.A war over Taiwan would be “devastating” and affect the global economy “in ways we cannot imagine,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has warned, as he underlined US support for the island democracy. In the spectacle-filled weeks leading up to Saturday’s fight, McBroom and Hall both claimed to have signed $5 million contracts that also granted them 4% of pay-per-view sales. Look, if we’re measuring in dollars, everyone who participated in Saturday night’s fight is a winner. TikTok star Michael Le, who recently told Esquire that he wanted people to respect him outside of his dance skills, was unfortunately knocked out early on in Round 2 by the infamous YouTube gamer FaZe Jarvis. The only TikTok star to win his fight was 19-year-old Vinnie Hacker, who took down YouTube star Deji in an unexpected knockout. The OG creator platform won five out of seven fights.
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