Commentary
The window for deterring a communist Chinese invasion of Taiwan is rapidly closing, and concrete actions are needed now.
The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian has sparked a great deal of speculation about Taiwan’s future. Without question, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are drawing various conclusions about the world’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and perhaps how the lessons learned might accelerate Beijing’s long-cherished goal to “fully integrate” Taiwan into mainland China.
Over time, most countries have acknowledged the essence of the misguided “One China” policy manifested in the Shanghai Communiqué agreed to by the United States and China in February 1972: “The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China.”
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