Dean Cheng on What China’s Pressure on Taiwan Means for the Region

November 05, 2024 00:05:56
Dean Cheng on What China’s Pressure on Taiwan Means for the Region
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Dean Cheng on What China’s Pressure on Taiwan Means for the Region

Nov 05 2024 | 00:05:56

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Show Notes

As Beijing ratchets up military pressure along the Strait, Taiwan remains “the one area where we are most likely to see … a direct confrontation between the United States and China” because a conflict “would affect a lot of our allies [like] Japan, South Korea and the Philippines,” says USIP’s Dean Cheng

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