{"id":73760,"date":"2021-05-05T13:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=73760"},"modified":"2021-05-05T13:00:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:00:56","slug":"economist-writes-the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/blog\/2021\/05\/05\/economist-writes-the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Economist Writes &#8216;the Most Dangerous Place on Earth&#8217;: Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">May 4, 2021 (EIRNS)--In its May 1 cover article, the <em>Economist<\/em> wrote with satisfaction about the dangerous strategic condition created with respect to Taiwan. The outgoing head of the Pacific Command, Adm. Phil Davidson, had told Congress in March that he worried about China attacking Taiwan as soon as 2027. The {Economist} notes the unique position of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which leads the world in the production of advanced semiconductor chips, with technologies and production processes years ahead of those of either the U.S. or China. The British rag also exults in recent changes from what had been the status quo of the ambiguous state of U.S. support for a one-China policy while in effect guaranteeing Taiwanese independence. With a growing independence movement in Taiwan, strengthened by reporting on Hong Kong, will China remain at bay?<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00abNobody in America can really know what Mr. Xi intends today, let alone what he or his successor may want in the future&#8230;. Mr. Xi&#8217;s appetite for risk may sharpen, especially if he wants unification with Taiwan to crown his legacy.\u00bb To prevent this, the <em>Economist<\/em> calls for action: \u00abAmerica requires weapons to deter China from launching an amphibious invasion&#8230;. China must be discouraged from trying to change Taiwan&#8217;s status by force even as it is reassured that America will not support a dash for formal independence by Taiwan.\u00bb Rather than achieving an actual resolution of the dispute, through a true <em>detente<\/em> and discussion, the British magazine suggests an effort to \u00absustain ambiguity,\u00bb maintaining the state of conflict while acknowledging that \u00abThe risk of a superpower arms race is high.\u00bb The full article is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/leaders\/2021\/05\/01\/the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/leaders\/2021\/05\/01\/the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 4, 2021 (EIRNS)&#8211;In its May 1 cover article, the Economist wrote with satisfaction about the dangerous strategic condition created with respect to Taiwan. The outgoing head of the Pacific Command, Adm. Phil Davidson, had told Congress in March that he worried about China attacking Taiwan as soon as 2027. The {Economist} notes the unique [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":73762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[633,520,39,505,508,33],"tags":[842],"class_list":["post-73760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-color-revolutions","category-updates-development","category-allgemein-es","category-updates","category-updates-geopolitics","category-updates-war","tag-lang-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73760"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73772,"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73760\/revisions\/73772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}