BEIJING PLAYS BOTH SIDES: XI HOSTS TAIWAN'S OPPOSITION WHILE WANG YI STRENGTHENS THE CHINA-NORTH KOREA AXIS

AUSTRALIA

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Canberra reads China's KMT courtship as a test of American security umbrella reliability

Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

CHINA

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Beijing stages the Xi-Cheng Li-wun meeting as proof that reunification is inevitable

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GERMANY

STATE

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Berlin frames the KMT visit as 'rare' rather than 'historic', projecting its own dependence experience

Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

INDIA

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New Delhi reads the Beijing-KMT rapprochement as a potential freeing of Chinese resources threatening the Himalayan border

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JAPAN

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Tokyo is the only country covering both prongs — Taiwan and Pyongyang — and sees preparation for the Trump-Xi summit

Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

SOUTH KOREA

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Seoul dissects the Wang Yi-Pyongyang visit as Trump-Xi summit preparation with Kim as bargaining chip

Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

RUSSIA

STATE

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Moscow frames the KMT-DPP split as proof that a peace camp exists even in democracies allied to Washington

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SINGAPORE

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Singapore connects Taiwan, Pyongyang and the South China Sea as three heads of the same expansionist dragon

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TAIWAN

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Taipei deconstructs the KMT visit by noting simultaneous Chinese military drills — peace in one hand, fist in the other

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UNITED STATES

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Washington sees Xi's move as a triple maneuver: divide Taiwan, signal to Trump, block the $40 billion defense budget

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