Trump’s Test on Free China
An ‘astonishing’ show of force by Beijing suggests that a Pacific showdown could be close at hand.

President-elect Trump could soon enter office with a crisis afoot in Asia on account of an extraordinary show of force from the People’s Republic of China against the free Republic of China. Taipei’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday disclosed that it had detected around 90 Communist Chinese vessels and 53 military planes, the largest such armada in decades. This surge of Beijing’s forces in the Taiwan Strait and Western Pacific amounts to a test for Trump.
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