China has long used coercion short of war in a bid to make Taiwan fold without a fight, while also readying a military hammer to crush that island democracy if required.
Until fairly recently, that strategy was mostly backfiring, by strengthening Taiwan’s will to resist forced unification, while also strengthening its ties to the US. But today, cracks in Taiwan’s morale—and in its relationship with Washington—are starting to show.
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