12-19-2019, 04:40 PM
** 19-Dec-2019 World View: Taiwan war
The BBC world service had a segment on the coming Taiwan
elections in the shadow of China. Major takeaways:
The BBC world service had a segment on the coming Taiwan
elections in the shadow of China. Major takeaways:
- The chaos in Hong Kong is causing more Taiwanese to reject the
"one country, two systems" policy that the CCP would like to impose on
Taiwan. This favors the reelection of the pro-separatist incumbent
Tsai Ing-wen.
- According to the BBC, it's uncertain whether Trump would
defend Taiwan in case of a military attack by China.
- China has become a lot more powerful. The US could lose a war to
China in the Taiwan strait.
