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Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan?

The Inquiry

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The One China Policy

China prefers to talk about a one china principle, which stresses tiwan being part of china. But the us. Has always said the policy only acknowledges besing's claim to tiwan and it doesn't accept or recognize it. By way of assurance to tiwan, president jimmy carter, in 19 79, signed the tiwan relations act. It promised to sell arms to the island so it could defend itself. This is one of the key layers of strategic ambiguity that's been us. Official policy ever since back on forty years ago.

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