A contentious meeting in Manila for U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reverberated through the Biden Pentagon's plan for competing with China.

中国涉台学者严安林、盛九元本星期访问台湾，走访台湾大学院校、智库等单位，也将与台湾主管海峡两岸事务的机构陆委会互动，是两岸近年罕见具官方元素的二轨交流。陆委会发言人梁文杰星期四(1月9日)表示，将适当安排会面事宜，“交流、互动就是好事情。” ...

In a letter on behalf of the committee Democrats, Durbin urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to “withdraw certain legal ...