Analysts say Taiwan was a “potential tipping point” for China-US relations, although it remained unknown whether it would escalate to an open collision.
Tensions with the US over Taiwan are at boiling point, but the use of military force will remain a last resort for China, a leading researcher in Taiwan studies said on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing.
The Covid-19 pandemic has further plunged already deteriorating relations between Beijing and Washington, with tensions widening from a blame game over the origins of new coronavirus to multiple fronts, including trade, hi-tech, military, security, Hong Kong and Taiwan. US Navy warship transits Taiwan Strait as PLA starts live-fire drillsChina claims Taiwan as part of its territory and views any pro-independence activity as contrary to its core national interests. Beijing has threatened a military operation for reunification if Taipei seeks independence.
Is PLA planning to seize Taiwanese islands in South China Sea?Whether Taiwan becomes a flashpoint for China-US tensions will be determined by other factors, he added, such as the effects of virus controls, domestic economic and political situations, and the attitudes of other major powers and neighbouring countries.
Chinese government drops references to ‘peaceful’ Taiwan reunificationDespite the change, Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, later returned, in his address, to Beijing’s decades-long rhetoric on Taiwan. The change in tone of the government work report was interpreted as a warning to Tsai’s independence-leaning policy.
Li noted that Tsai had made a “compromised attempt” to change the official name of the island and said it was an indication of a move towards independence, which he warned would cast “uncertainties” over the cross-Strait ties.
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