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Will the US and China Go to War over Taiwan?
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Abstract
The Taiwan issue has always been the most controversial topic in US-China relations. Moreover, the Taiwan Strait is often considered the most likely site of a military confrontation between the United States and China. The issue of Taiwan’s sovereignty has been the subject of questions and controversy regarding the ownership of Taiwan’s regime and sovereignty in the aftermath of the Second World War and the Communist Civil War. This paper analyses the political, economic, and cultural reasons for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and China. From the perspective of the construct of international relations, although the Taiwan issue is a dispute, the current analytical perspective suggests that whether China and the US will go to war in Taiwan will always exist, but to a greater extent it will be resolved through economic warfare, political approaches, and other means.
Keywords
China, U.S., geopolitics, semiconductors industry, cultural background
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Chen,X. (2023). Will the US and China Go to War over Taiwan?. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,17,8-11.
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