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Taiwan’s Tough Talk Is Stoking Cross-Strait Tensions

By Ian Bremmer, Project Syndicate

Since Taiwan’s pro-independence president, William Lai, took office in January 2024, China has gradually tightened its vise on the island. While neither side wants war right now, both sides have found political utility in pursuing controlled provocations against the other.

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