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China, US and the fight for Taiwan

The Real Story

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Introduction

Beijing continues to ramp up its rhetoric against the island of Taiwan. China releases a new documentary about its army's preparations to attack. President Biden says America and its military will stand by Taiwan. After seven decades apart, how real is the risk of conflict now? What might faltering diplomacy between the US and China lead to? If Beijing orders an invasion with the Taiwanese fight or accept reunification are Washington really willing to risk war with a fellow nuclear superpower?

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