US pause is Beijing’s chance to reset Taiwan ties

“Taiwan has an added disadvantage here, in that it is a captive customer of the U.S. defense industry. European defense sales are minuscule in comparison to those of the U.S. and no European government would risk China’s wrath by selling Taiwan the type of top-range sophisticated weapons system it needs to deter an attack.”

Photo by Humphrey Hawksley

Source: Nikkei Asian Review

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