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China, US and the fight for Taiwan

The Real Story

CHAPTER

The Political Decision to Go to War for Taiwan

Rick Waters: It's difficult to put a concrete number of days or months to that Sean. Over 97 percent of energy is imported for Taiwan and so in some senses it is incredibly vulnerable in a blockade scenario. Beijing will not necessarily launch an attack on Taiwan as soon as it has the military capabilities to do so but nor will it hold back from launching an attack if it feels Taiwan or the US has crossed its red line.

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