If US government leaders currently have a strategy to prevent a CCP attack on Taiwan, they are hiding it well. Knowing that risk, American leaders avoid it. President Trump has invested the lion’s share of his political capital on a long-overdue trade confrontation with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Yang Kuang-shun (楊光舜) pointed out in a recent report, “Team Biden’s policies on China and Taiwan,” that they seem intent on reducing US-PRC tensions and reestablishing cooperation with the CCP on issues such as climate change, global health, and nuclear proliferation. Remarks containing abusive and obscene language, personal attacks of any kind or promotion will be removed and the user banned. The Taiwan Invasion Prevention Act offers just such an opportunity. After Mao’s death, Deng Xiaoping further helped restore China’s glory following the so-called century of humiliation when he negotiated the return of two cities lost to colonial powers. President Tsai (蔡英文) has invested her time and attention on long-overdue trade deals with Southeast Asia and the United States. Beijing’s appetite for power is manifestly growing with the eating. In terms of a South China Sea war, little imagination is needed to see the current argy-bargy in the region extending into a military conflict. The Taiwan Invasion Prevention Act is being considered in United States Congress. Seventy years of practice has shown time and time again that when the United States is clear about its willingness to use force to protect its friends, even the worst dictators will compromise rather than risk regime survival. WAR will break out between China and the US in the South China Sea if Beijing violates the alliance agreement between America and Taiwan, an expert has claimed.
However, their focus on trade seems to have foreclosed top-level consideration of other important issues. Her “Invest Taiwan” initiative attracted more than $36 billion worth of pledges with incentives to persuade businesses to bring operations back home from the mainland. Both are wise to decouple their strategic industries from the CCP. Putin has not invaded the Baltic states.
And here we come to the fundamental problem: if Washington signals its resolve to defend Taiwan, the CCP could lash out. Comments will be moderated. The time when America could avoid choosing between doing what is easy and what is right has long since passed. This kind of short-sighted behavior is like a cruise line captain steering his ship north, into iceberg country, to avoid patches of rough water in the south. So far, both Republicans and Democrats have continued to avoid hard questions when it comes to Taiwan defense policy. To date, there have been no early indications that the members of Team Biden are inclined to accept the perceived cost of rethinking Taiwan policy. The President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense routinely visit the ally to let everyone know how much the alliance matters. Joseph Wu, the foreign minister of the island’s democratic government, Worries are also growing in the U.S., where both parties are increasingly united in viewing China’s rise as a threat to the free world. China slapped sanctions on Lockheed Martin Corp. in July after the latest approval of weapons sales under President Donald Trump’s administration, which has included billions of dollars’ worth of F-16 fighter jets, tanks, and Stinger missiles. After China imposed the national security law in Hong Kong, the government tried to force senior Taiwanese officials at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office to sign a “one China” pledge that recognizes Beijing’s sovereignty over the island. They require an attentive President and a functioning interagency process. Copyright © 1999-2020 The Taipei Times. Is a trade or climate change deal really worth neglecting the threat of a Chinese Communist invasion of Taiwan? Fortunately, the United States and Taiwan still have time to deter a CCP attack and preserve the peace.