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Would a nuclear-armed Taiwan deter China?

Would A Nuclear-Armed Taiwan Deter China?
24Dec
According to China expert Michael Pillsbury, author of The hundred-year marathon, the Chinese Communist Party intends to integrate Hong Kong and Taiwan back into China in time to achieve ‘Middle Kingdom’ status by 2049—the centennial of the CCP’s victory over the Guomindang in the Chinese civil war.
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Behind the breakdown in US-China relations

“Decoupling” of U.S.-China technology ties and other economic weapons — that stands a good chance of spilling over into armed conflict, said Michael Pillsbury, a top national security advisor in presidential administrations from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama and now senior fellow for China strategy at the Heritage Foundation. “More and more indicators of a coming war are being checked off.”