The Looming Crisis in the Taiwan Strait
How Washington Can Lower the Tension Between Taipei and Beijing
Finally, someone from the Washington think tank world enlightens the government and instructs the dim of mind on how to handle diplomacy and military signaling. And who no better than Bonnie Glaser, a veteran of China and Taiwan since her college days who never hid behind her desk.
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The Looming Crisis in the Taiwan Strait
How Washington Can Lower the Tension Between Taipei and Beijing
By Bonnie S. Glaser and Bonny Lin
July 3, 2024
Since 1996, all of Taiwan’s elected presidents have at some point during their time in office declared that theirs is a sovereign, independent state. The new president of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, who was elected in January and inaugurated in May, is the first to make that declaration at the beginning of his term. The chair of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and a self-described pragmatic worker for Taiwan independence, Lai delivered an inaugural speech that made clear that Taiwan is a de facto sovereign and independent country that is neither a part of nor subordinate to China. At the same time, however, Lai pledged not to provoke China or change the cross-strait status quo.