Taiwan’s President: Threat from China is growing every day (October, 2021)

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Taiwan's President: Threat from China is growing every day (October, 2021)

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The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United States and China, said the threat from Beijing is growing "every day," as for the first time she confirmed the presence of American troops on Taiwanese soil. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

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