Will Taiwan be the Ukraine of Asia?
This is the scenario feared by the United States.
As war rages on Europe's doorstep, they call on their Western allies to follow them in their Asian pivot to counter China's territorial appetites.
Beijing's show of force in the Strait of Formosa this weekend has rekindled fears of a recapture by force of the "rebel island".
Equipped and trained for an invasion of Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been ordered to be ready in 2027, according to the Pentagon.
A date that coincides with the end of Xi Jinping's third term.
This territory has escaped the control of the People's Republic since Chiang Kai-shek's troops found refuge there in 1949. The “Red Emperor” placed
“reunification”
at the heart of his Chinese renaissance project.
The most authoritative and powerful leader since Mao, Xi hopes to leave his mark on history and has vowed to do better than the…
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