Communist China’s escalated coercion of Taiwan has, in turn, strengthened the self-governed island’s resolve to resist Beijing’s threats, according to a new report by Australia’s Centre for Defence Research. 
The paper, called ‘On Chinese Deterrence Thought and Practice Circa 2022,’ published on Nov. 25, in the Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies, shed light on China’s concepts and practices of coercion, like deterrence and the implications of those behaviours in a Taiwan crisis scenario. 
The author argued that China’s coercive actions against Taiwan as part of its “One China policy” “abrogate the basic engine of coercive diplomacy.”…