Bloomberg Taiwan believes Xi Jinping is too focused on a key party meeting to extend his tenure as China’s leader to take military action now, regardless of what happens between Russia and Ukraine, according to two senior officials involved in security issues in Taipei. The Taiwanese government has assessed the current risk of a Chinese attack to be low, even ...

  Bloomberg President Joe Biden directed the National Archives to release to Congress Donald Trump’s White House visitor logs for January 6, rejecting his predecessor’s claims that the logs are subject to executive privilege. “The president has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States, and therefore is not justified, as ...

  Bloomberg Philippine boxer-turned-presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao said he will form a “peace panel” that will negotiate with Beijing on the South China Sea dispute if elected to the top post, while also deepening defense ties with the US. “Our goal is to be a friend to all nations,” Pacquiao said at a virtual forum. The senator said that while ...