Neither the United States nor China has overt interests in their budding superpower rivalry boiling over into open military clashes despite soaring tensions ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s expected visit to Taiwan.
And yet, the showdown is over the issue that is more likely than any other to spark a future US-China war. And Pelosi’s trip, if it goes ahead, is almost certain to create greater instability in the relationship that would make future conflict more likely.
Furious Chinese warnings that the California Democrat shouldn’t go and Washington’s vows not to be intimidated, meanwhile, show how inflamed political forces in each nation could make
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