China has been using its soft power to win friends and influence people throughout Eurasia. China's exports to the so-called global South have doubled in the past three years. The Saudis are hinging against the remote possibility of American sanctions or reserve seizures by putting more money in RMB. That gives them a huge amount of power.
The Chinese military conducted military exercises around the island of Taiwan last week after a group of bipartisan lawmakers met with Taiwan’s president. How likely is China to invade Taiwan? What would that invasion consist of? And how would the U.S. react? We pose these questions to Deputy Editor of the Asia Times, and Claremont Fellow David Goldman. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.
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