Analysis: China's response gave little room for it or Taiwan to back down. Can the crisis be managed without further escalation? Things changed this week for Taiwan. When news of a highly controversial visit by the US speaker Nancy Pelosi drew threats of reprisals from Beijing, most citizens shrugged. China's government frequently fulminates over foreign visits to Taiwan, which it claims is a Chinese province it will soon retake, and with which it tries to stop any international cooperation. Its...
Analysis: China's response gave little room for it or Taiwan to back down. Can the crisis be managed without further escalation? Things changed this week for Taiwan. When news of a highly controversial visit by the US speaker Nancy Pelosi drew threats of reprisals from Beijing, most citizens shrugged. China's government frequently fulminates over foreign visits to Taiwan, which it claims is a Chinese province it will soon retake, and with which it tries to stop any international cooperation. Its...
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