Seventy years of practice has shown time and time again that when the United States is clear about its willingness to use force to protect its friends, even the worst dictators will compromise rather than risk regime survival. To date, there have been no early indications that the members of Team Biden are inclined to accept the perceived cost of rethinking Taiwan policy. In the ancient story of international relations, war is the ultimate man-made disaster. “China has moved toward Hong Kong first and Taiwan’s next,” says Tung Li-wen, a consultant for Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, which oversees the island’s relations with Beijing. WAR will break out between China and the US in the South China Sea if Beijing violates the alliance agreement between America and Taiwan, an expert has claimed. At an annual legislative meeting in May, China’s premier, Li Keqiang, While China is Taiwan’s largest trading partner, Tsai has sought to take advantage of Trump’s trade war to reduce the island’s dependence on Beijing.
China slapped sanctions on Lockheed Martin Corp. in July after the latest approval of weapons sales under President Donald Trump’s administration, which has included billions of dollars’ worth of F-16 fighter jets, tanks, and Stinger missiles.
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Here’s how it typically works: Washington establishes robust political and economic relations with the democracy, makes defense commitments, and guarantees it will follow through with those commitments by putting US troops in country. Putin has not invaded the Baltic states. The Communist Party has threatened to invade the island ever since Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists fled China in 1949. The Taiwan Invasion Prevention Act is being considered in United States Congress. Converted from a travel agency setup in the 1960s under British rule, the office had come to reflect the kinship between two bastions of democracy-loving Chinese people on territory claimed by Beijing. TSMC is based in Hsinchu, less than 100 miles from China’s coast. The Washington Free Beacon reports that China has a secret plan to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2020. In a speech in Beijing last year about the party’s policy toward Taiwan, Xi said, “We make no promise to renounce the use of force and reserve the option of taking all necessary means.” He declared that “China must and will be united, which is an inevitable requirement for the historical rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era.”How a war would play out is the subject of much debate. And here we come to the fundamental problem: if Washington signals its resolve to defend Taiwan, the CCP could lash out. So far, both Republicans and Democrats have continued to avoid hard questions when it comes to Taiwan defense policy. Most notably, he set up a vast police state in Xinjiang that sent Muslims en masse to reeducation camps, and just in July he imposed a sweeping national security law in Hong Kong aimed at stamping out dissent in a city that many in the West once hoped would spur China to embrace democracy.Now fears are growing that Xi wants to cement his place alongside Mao and Deng by conquering Taiwan, a prize that’s eluded Communist Party leaders for decades. Penned by representative Ted Yoho (R-FL) and supported by Michael McCaul (R-TX), two senior members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this extraordinary Bill aims to strengthen the commitment of the United States to defend Taiwan in the event of an armed attack. Whereas Hong Kong once provided refuge for more than a million people seeking to escape the mainland, Taiwan is now becoming a destination for pro-democracy protesters in the city. In spite of threats to the contrary, Stalin never rolled his tanks into West Berlin. Comments will be moderated. After China imposed the national security law in Hong Kong, the government tried to force senior Taiwanese officials at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office to sign a “one China” pledge that recognizes Beijing’s sovereignty over the island. Fortunately, the United States and Taiwan still have time to deter a CCP attack and preserve the peace. However, their focus on trade seems to have foreclosed top-level consideration of other important issues. China’s suppression of Hong Kong only boosted support for Tsai, who easily won reelection in January.
The deterrence toolkit that keeps Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Australia, and nearly 50 other friendly nations safe from war is also needed for Taiwan. Both are wise to decouple their strategic industries from the CCP. Yoho recently announced plans to submit legislation this week for the “ Taiwan Invasion Prevention Act ” that would commit the United States to war against China if Beijing attacks Taiwan. Today, the cross-Strait military gap is large and tensions are rising. They take a quick look around the neighborhood and see good reason for worry: China recently surprised India with the deadliest border clash in decades around the same time that it clamped down on Hong Kong. While China long used economic incentives to win hearts and minds, it cut off direct contact after the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen, who views the island as a de facto independent nation that needs increased international recognition.