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Jun 4, 2024 · China as an emerging threat has become a matter of bipartisan consensus. China's continuing threats to invade Taiwan also represent an attack on the West. Today, Taiwan, a small island of great strategic value, is called on to be the frontline in the fight against the totalitarian Chinese Communist regime.
Nov 29, 2019 · Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the strategic considerations and moral dilemmas faced by policymakers, making 'The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area' an invaluable resource for anyone looking to deepen their knowledge of this critical period in global history.
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- Introduction
- The Contingency
- Warning Indicators
- Implications For U.S. Interests
- Preventive Options
- Mitigating Options
- Recommendations
The risk of a serious crisis between China and Taiwan is growing. Cross-strait relations have chilled in recent years as a result of the unwillingness of Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen to embrace the so-called 1992 Consensus—an understanding that was the basis for a warmer relationship between Beijing and Taipei under Tsai’s predecessor, Ma Ying-j...
Three broad developments are increasing the risk of a cross-strait crisis in the coming months. The first relates to the important role domestic politics play in China and the potential calculations of the leadership. During a January 2019 speech marking the fortiethanniversary of the mainland’s 1979 “Message to Compatriots in Taiwan,” President Xi...
Various warning indicators are associated with each of the three contributing developments to a cross-strait crisis discussed above. For domestic developments in Taiwan, the most obvious relate to Tsai’s statements, the approval ratings of the DPP ahead of the next elections, changing public opinion (particularly in relation to China), and the emer...
A cross-strait crisis in the run-up to Taiwan’s 2020 elections or shortly after would present serious risks to U.S. interests. At a minimum, a cross-strait crisis could result in a broader freeze in U.S.-China relations, which could complicate other important issues—regionally and globally—in the relationship. For example, it could exacerbate tensi...
The United States has several preventive options to try to avoid another cross-strait crisis. These options include the following: 1. Encourage Beijing and Taipei to avoid a breakdown in cross-strait relations. Washington could encourage Beijing and Taipei to improve their channels of communication in hopes of avoiding a breakdown in cross-strait t...
If China intensifies pressure on Taiwan ahead of the island’s 2020 elections, a number of mitigating options would be available to U.S. policymakers to help avert and de-escalate a crisis. These options include the following: 1. Seek to defuse the crisis diplomatically.Washington could attempt to facilitate communication between Beijing and Taipei ...
The situation across the Taiwan Strait is changing for several reasons, and the danger of a crisis appears to be growing as Taiwan’s 2020 elections approach. Washington should aim to strengthen deterrence while working within the context of a long-standing policy that helps maintain stability and affords considerable flexibility. Within this contex...
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Jun 21, 2024 · Beyond the political divide, Taiwan faces a bigger threat in the shape of China. But many worry that its parliament and executive look set to spend the next four years attempting to hurt each other.
Jan 22, 2021 · In a November 2019 report for Brookings’s Global China project, I detailed Beijing’s policy towards Taiwan. To summarize, Beijing seeks to transform the island into a special administrative ...
Oct 21, 2021 · Chinese Communist forces under the direction of Mao Zedong completed their conquest of the mainland, and Republic of China forces under Chiang Kai-shek evacuated to the island of Formosa—also...
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Jan 2, 2019 · China’s Communist Party has always maintained that Taiwan is part of its territory and vowed to pursue reunification, vacillating between building economic and social ties with the island and...
