China Told Trump: Touch Taiwan and We Go to War
Yesterday in Beijing, President Xi told President Trump directly: if Taiwan is not handled properly, the two countries will have — and he used the word — conflicts. That is the most direct statement any Chinese leader has made to an American president about Taiwan. Ever.
Mike and Neal unpack why this moment matters and why most of the conversation about Taiwan skips the part that actually explains Chinese behavior. They trace the split back to 1949, walk through Nixon's one-China gambit, and explain why the US has spent 75 years pretending to believe something it doesn't. Then they get into…
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