Summary:
Update on US-China Tensions Over Taiwan for August 29, 2022
After a series of provocative meetings between US officials and Taiwan’s administration in violation of US bilateral agreements with Beijing over the One China policy, the US has now transited warships through the Taiwan Strait.
Throughout this series of provocations China has steadily expanded military operations around Taiwan, tightening control over the air and water around the island territory.
The US appears unable to recognize the limits of its power and influence and prepared fully to trigger another catastrophic conflict just as it has with Russia over Ukraine.
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References:
BBC – US Taiwan: Congress team follows Pelosi with second high-level visit in a month:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62541750
US State Department – U.S. Relations With Taiwan:
https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/
NPR – China announces new drills around Taiwan as a U.S. delegation visits the island:
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/15/1117483403/u-s-congressional-delegation-meets-with-taiwans-leader
BBC – US ‘must contest’ Chinese missiles over Taiwan, says admiral:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62560527
CNN – ‘New normal’ across the Taiwan Strait as China threat looms ever closer:
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/19/china/china-taiwan-strait-new-normal-mic-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
VOA – US Warships Carrying Out Taiwan Strait Passage, First Since Pelosi Visit:
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-warships-carrying-out-taiwan-strait-passage-first-since-pelosi-visit-officials-say-/6719817.html
New York Times – How China Could Choke Taiwan:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/25/world/asia/china-taiwan-conflict-blockade.html
Atlas of Economic Complexity (Harvard University) – Taiwan 2020:
https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore?country=249&product=undefined&year=2020&productClass=HS&target=Partner&partner=undefined&startYear=undefined
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