{"id":72231,"date":"2026-05-20T23:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/pentagon-officials-beijing-visit-in-doubt-over-14bn-us-arms-package-for-taiwan-financial-times\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T23:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:12:29","slug":"pentagon-officials-beijing-visit-in-doubt-over-14bn-us-arms-package-for-taiwan-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/pentagon-officials-beijing-visit-in-doubt-over-14bn-us-arms-package-for-taiwan-financial-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon official\u2019s Beijing visit in doubt over $14bn US arms package for Taiwan &#8211; Financial Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOYWFDeXBnRVhyOHdraU1JdXRvcmtfemhQWmFkYUFpS0hneWdaRFhIcG9IaWNabF9qMVRBTEJycU15ak1pWk5sSFdXZS1RSEtwSldKS1V3UUIxWjRsZGFVS01MNzN4ajFCcFBOUEFPRzN3UGpKeWRZb2pORUJjNVdkdnBudEU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon official\u2019s Beijing visit in doubt over $14bn US arms package for Taiwan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Financial Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOQTlGT0tYeEJFbW1SZDVOMlNfc0diT0R1RXk5S0pQM2k5ZkJjM2N4Q3ZhVC1kSkNNeTZsb0xCN09ITGxVNnZOOHpJUkNMTWtIajdINS1uVkhqTGZrdHMwV3JONTRLMVBkU1V2ejhwNFFEcDBYWjAzdlh5d05lQTN5UTBlU0hpcXRQQnNxb3lFamVjTzV3REVyWnR0QjJKbkUxRTliX0N0bU1Ranc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump says he will speak with Taiwan president, a major break in protocol<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxNQnluOThYOEFna2RudEhiZm01dm41Q2luZ3YyX250UjZyQ2FHWFpjZ1hvWDJzVklIbTIxZ0dLTElkcDVkQjIwclZCNXhtT2xISzJGbXZ5dFdJbHRBSDZiSVpOY2NaME1id3pVQzFTRFMzVWNVOFBEcHdJT3hlNkRjLVM3dkxOMkhFWFktQWlYcGh3SW41Z243NHpnV21DZHk1dFZfS3lMVmF2U0U4TVBFMmViZ05SWnAwdkdnQk1vVGFQekIyc0pB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon official&#8217;s Beijing visit in doubt over $14 billion US arms package for Taiwan, FT reports<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxQbTRKQll6SjIwbENsc2dyYnZ4endneThYNVRPOEVvNmxwamJ4cXctUGdWdWlac3JQYVRlTUlxbFNGdFNwYUFEc01YX2prRm91Tzl2QlJseDBKQS1EUWRCVUtoNHIxTXBjZnh3TVJsWUpjTEZvN2RMS3BFb1JSTktGWXIxZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Taiwan Gambit is Already a Gift to China<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPT2d3TEJINktWOTlWTkNCLWpMZXl3WXd3djRTRnBvamRNa2taeUF4UG9UYWZIS09IOFVXUndBVlU4dkRtckxOSFNCSjRpSmlNbURHd1B0dkhXbWR0R1pMT2R1V25QcnF3MmFGa05LcmNvZFlqUlVNelBhZHlqc2doSU9RUmVRNmNiOHBwRVBiUnlIeVdqZjNMWEpmVkVEV1packVzeExqMVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan&#8217;s Lai says he&#8217;d tell Trump he hopes to continue arms purchases from US, if given a chance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon official\u2019s Beijing visit in doubt over $14bn US arms package for Taiwan&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times Trump says he will speak with Taiwan president, a major break&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/pentagon-officials-beijing-visit-in-doubt-over-14bn-us-arms-package-for-taiwan-financial-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}