In Playing The Taiwan Card, Will It Come Up Trumps?
China’s air force is again flying encirclement runs around Taiwan, giving stark evidence that the issues of the island and its sovereignty, autonomy or independence could easily become a serious world flashpoint – particularly as the US administration of Donald Trump seems to want to play a “Taiwan card” to tweak China’s dragon tail.
Monocle radio asked my views on this; the complete program is here . My section is below: