New clash between China – Taiwan and the USA. Will Biden try to use it for internal use?
A new level of diplomatic-military confrontation is developing between China on the one hand and Taiwan-USa on the other.
Like all the clashes that risk getting out of hand, this too stems from an apparently banal element: the change of the name of the diplomatic representation of the island from " Economic-cultural representation of Taipei in the USA " to " Taiwanese representation in the USA ". A change that, in reality, only brings the definition closer to reality, but which for Communist China is a real provocation: in fact for Beijing there is only one China, the Communist one, and Taiwan is nothing more than a "Province rebel ”waiting to be brought back under central control.
Beijing's reactions were not long in coming and threats of retaliation of all kinds began:
- diplomatic, with the withdrawal of the ambassador from Washington;
- economic, with the end of Taiwan's privileged status and the imposition of economic sanctions;
- military, with the beginning of patrols over the territory of Taiwan itself.
Obviously the most dangerous measures are economic and military ones: two thirds of Taiwan's trade is towards Hong Kong and China, and this puts the island – state in a delicate situation. At the same time, Taiwan's technological exports are necessary for the Chinese industry, and it is enough to name a name: TSMC, the giant of microchips. Military sanctions are dangerous because they pave the way for a military escalation: in fact, what would happen if nationalist anti-aircraft defenses shot down a Beijing fighter?
The move proposed by Taipei would not take place without the specific support of Washington. My personal feeling is that this crisis is created ad hoc to distract public opinion from the Afghan disaster and internal problems, especially since US public opinion is in favor of a military intervention alongside Taipei. This makes the whole game even more dangerous.
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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/nuovo-scontro-cina-taiwan-ed-usa-biden-cerchera-di-usarlo-per-uso-interno/ on Tue, 14 Sep 2021 06:00:53 +0000.