Sunday, December 25, 2011

Why Giving Up Taiwan Will Not Help Us with China

From AEI and The Heritage Foundation:

Foreign Policy/International Affairs






Why Giving Up Taiwan Will Not Help Us with China



by Shelley Rigger



American Enterprise Institute



November 30, 2011







In the face of a rising China, US analysts are increasingly calling on Washington to rethink its Taiwan policy, but withdrawing US support would serve neither China, Taiwan, nor the United States. Instead of satisfying Beijing, a change in US Taiwan policy could raise China’s expectations without making peaceful cross-strait unification any easier, further damaging US-China relations. Also phasing out US security assistance to Taiwan would not only undermine vital security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region but also send a chilling message to our democratic allies around the world that American friendship is fickle.





URL: www.aei.org/files/2011/11/29/-why-giving-up-taiwan-will-not-help-us-with-china_163406442997.pdf

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