Morning Belz, April 8

Links.

US military cites rising risk of Chinese move on Taiwan — AP
Racism at Sewanee, TN, college on cover of the Post — WaPo*
Survey: GOP losing ground since insurrection — Gallup
What if Andrew Yang wins the NYC mayor election? — Atlantic
Most debt collectors backed off in pandemic. Not this one — WSJ
Obit: Physicist who helped invent LEDs — NYT
Latest State Department press briefing transcript — DOS
Some vaccines denied bc of uneven rules at stores — ProPublica

*a little more context here.

Quote
“We are willing to defend ourselves, that's without any question. We will fight a war if we need to fight a war, and if we need to defend ourselves to the very last day, then we will defend ourselves to the very last day.” — Joseph Wu, Taiwan’s foreign minister, on China

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