The Gloves Are Off When It Comes to Taiwan

By: Michael Smith and Jacob Greber | AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW |

It’s been almost 20 years to the day since Washington and Beijing found themselves ensnared in a dangerous military standoff that some feared would herald the start of a new cold war. … Ian Easton … told AFR Weekend the U.S. government’s resolve under Biden “appears to be very strong right now.” … “There’s a growing consensus that we simply can’t afford to lose Taiwan, that it’s in our interests that it stays in friendly hands as a democracy and that it would be catastrophic for our national interest were Taiwan to fall.” …

Read the full article in the Australian Financial Review.