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How the U.S.’s Taiwan Policy Makes War with China a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

CHAPTER

American Elite Anxieties and Tensions with China

This chapter explores the dangerous period that the United States is in and the heightened tensions with China, emphasizing the U.S.'s focus on conflict over Taiwan rather than winning a major war. It discusses the reckless approach taken by politicians and the media to provoke China, the perception of quadrennial reports by China and Russia, and the deep structural change causing American elite anxieties.

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