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Badges depicting a Formosan black bear holding a Taiwanese flag punching Winnie-the-Pooh are being worn by some of Taiwan's air force pilots as a defiant message to Chinese leader Xi Jinping (Picture: Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)

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Badges depicting a Formosan black bear holding a Taiwanese flag punching Winnie-the-Pooh are on display at a shop in Taoyuan, Taiwan. China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, launched three days of war games on 8 April that involved simulating attacks on the democratic island in response to President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The iron-on patches being worn by some of Taiwan's air force pilots are a defiant message to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, often satirised for looking like Winnie the Pooh.

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China sent several dozen warplanes and 11 warships towards Taiwan in a display of force following its president’s trip to the US, the island’s Defence Ministry said on Monday.

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China sent 71 planes, including J16 fighter jets, and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island. via AP, File

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A Taiwanese military UH-60 black hawk helicopter takes off during a live-fire drill on August 09, 2022 in Pingtung, Taiwan. Taiwan's military held a live-fire drill in response to China's recent live-fire drills in waters close to those claimed by Taiwan. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)

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A television (top) on a train in Hong Kong on August 5, 2022, shows military exercises being held by China around the island of Taiwan. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Chinese officials have announced unspecified sanctions on US house speaker Nancy Pelosi over her visit to Taiwan earlier this week.

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Lessons learned and consistency key in West's policy on Taiwan
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US house speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she and other members of Congress visiting Taiwan are showing they will not abandon their commitment to the self-governing island.

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At least 36 people have been killed with many more injured after a train in Taiwan derailed inside a tunnel. Photo by HANDOUT/Central Emergency Operation Cent/AFP via Getty Images)

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Marco Vicenzino (msv@globalsp.org) is a geopolitical expert and international business advisor to senior executives. He is also a Euromoney Country Risk Expert and member of the International Advisory Council of the Asia Scotland Institute

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