She does not have the stature of Atlas, far from it, but Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen currently seems to be carrying the globe on her shoulders.
All the geopolitical Cassandras and Nostradamus predict it: if a third world conflict were to break out, it would be for the control of the island-state, which Beijing considers a rebellious province to be reintegrated into the Middle Kingdom.
Xi Jinping made this clear in a keynote speech in January 2019, referring to what he calls "reunification":
"It is a necessity for the great resurgence of China in the new era."
The Chinese leader would like to achieve it
"in a peaceful manner",
but he says he is
"ready to use all necessary means"
to achieve his goal.
Which implies the possible use of force ...
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