Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Will The U.S. Help Taiwan To Stop a Chinese Invasion?

John Feng, Newsweek: Taiwan Increasingly Confident U.S. Will Help Stop China Invasion 

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine crossed the 100-day mark this month, Taiwanese citizens told a recent survey that the island was unlikely to last the same amount of time in the event of a Chinese attack. 

But after Joe Biden's recent pledge to defend Taiwan, local residents reported a rise in confidence about potential U.S. support. 

Six years into the Taiwanese presidency of Tsai Ing-wen, tensions across the Taiwan Strait show no signs of abating. 

The Chinese leadership under Xi Jinping continues to assert its decades-long claim to the island, with China's defense minister, Gen. Wei Fenghe, vowing publicly to "fight to the very end" at Asia's premier defense forum this month.  

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More Analysis On A Chinese Invasion Of Taiwan  

Can America Successfully Repel a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan? -- National Interest  

A Chinese Invasion Of Taiwan: Too Costly To Countenance? -- IBTimes 

China has the power to take Taiwan, but it would cost an extremely bloody price -- CNN  

Russia’s Ukraine Failures Shake China’s Taiwan Plans -- US News and World Report

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