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And people were looking at a 2027 event horizon for action on Taiwan, and a potential blockade in the Taiwan Straits.
and a potential blockade in the Taiwan Straits.
But can the world live without Iranian oil and would closing the Straits actually have been too costly for Iran in terms of losing its own oil exports?
But can the world live without Iranian oil and would closing the straits actually have been too costly for Iran in terms of losing its own oil exports?
Number 9 – Money For Nothing, Dire Straits If you can muster the zen-like patience necessary to make it through this song's slow-burn, minute-and-a-half-long intro, then you'll be treated to an all-timer of a rock riff.
You'll be sorry you ever doubted Straits' frontman Mark Knopfler's considerable prowess.
These traders married local Malay women and their descendants, known as Straits Chinese or Peranakan, preserved their traditions, including making non-yuk kueh for celebrations like Chinese New Year.
The government is in dire straits to balance its books, but it manages.
So the bottom line is: economy is slowing down, the government is in dire straits to, mm, balance its books,
and that if she were to "cross the red line of cross-straits relations, she will meet a dead end." Hopefully that's just a poor choice of words and not a thinly veiled death threat.
and that if she were to "cross the red line of cross-Straits relations, she will meet
The implicit guarantee that the U.S. could come to Taiwan's defense if it was attacked by China really is the linchpin of this delicate balance of power that has existed across the Taiwan Straits for so many decades now.
could come to Taiwan's defense if it was attacked by China really is the linchpin of this delicate balance of power that has existed across the Taiwan Straits for so many decades now.
And, you know, it's bad enough to have a president who just seems to get a kick out of squeezing every penny he can from his office, but it's definitely worse to have a president who feels like he has to squeeze every penny he can from his office because his businesses are in such dire straits.
but it's definitely worse to have a president who feels like he has to squeeze every penny he can from his office because his businesses are in such dire straits.
Promoting peaceful development across the Taiwan Straits will be the main agenda item for a summit between Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou and China's President Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday.
Promoting peaceful development across the Taiwan Straits will be the main agenda item
I mean, what if your marriage is in seriously dire straits?
straits? What if your spouse has already announced that they want to leave you? How do you convince