Taiwan Bargaining Chip Exposes U.S. Cynicism and Asia’s Turn to Sovereignty
Caught in the Grip of Other People’s Games Taiwan bargaining chip is at the center of U.S.-Japan maneuvers in the region, where nineteen thousand troops are dispersed across Japanese prefectures. Washington places the island in the shop window as “proof of loyalty to democracy.” The maneuvers turn the space around Taiwan into a proving ground…