In this file photo taken May 25, 2018, by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, a Taiwanese Air Force fighter aircraft, left, flies near a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force bomber that reportedly flew over the Luzon Strait south of Taiwan.
Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest: Why a China vs. Taiwan Clash Could Be Brewing
We should ask now what America's policy should be if things were to take a nasty turn.
Tensions between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been on the rise ever since Tsai Ing-wen became Taiwan’s president and her pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gained control of the legislature in early 2016. Her landslide re-election in January 2020 exacerbated those tensions. Now, Taiwanese concerns about the island’s treatment at the hands of the PRC and the rest of the global community during the coronavirus pandemic are widening the political gap between Taipei and Beijing.
Taiwanese anger at the PRC’s conduct occurred early and often in the crisis. Chinese leaders worked to block Taiwan’s involvement in World Health Organization (WHO) cooperative efforts to stem the spread of the virus. Beijing even sought to prevent Taiwanese attendance at WHO meetings. PRC demands intimidated the WHO into barring Taiwanese experts from at least one crucial strategy session in late January 2020.
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WNU Editor: Absorbing Taiwan has always been one of Beijing's top priorities. With the world now totally focused on the Covid-19 pandemic, this is a golden time for China to make a move on island. But it is not going to happen. They know that the U.S. under President Trump will respond, and neighbouring Asian countries will initiate an arms race that the world has not seen since the Cold War. Rhetoric aside, the Chinese policy to absorb Taiwan is still (in Beijing's eyes) a long term project. In the meantime China's air force will continue testing Taiwanese defenses .... Taiwan Fighter Jets Confront Chinese Military Aircraft (VOA).
Update: U.S. - Taiwan ties are growing .... Trump Quietly Signs Legislation Strengthening Ties to Taiwan (The Diplomat).
1 comment:
A person once told me that you that "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
Obviously, this is not an ancient Chinese saying or it is anathema to the Bolshevik mindset.
It would be nice if Taiwan would be part of China. It has been in the past. But certain changes have to happen first. Like China not being run by a bunch of liberals/Bolshies.
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