Military force ‘last resort’ in US-China tensions over Taiwan

Tensions with the US over Taiwan are at boiling point, but the use of military force will remain a last resort for China, a leading researcher in Taiwan studies said on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing.Li Yihu, head of the Institute of Taiwan Studies with Peking University and an NPC deputy, said Taiwan was a “potential tipping point” for China-US relations, although it remained unknown whether it would escalate to an open collision.“The US will further look to the…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3086539/military-force-last-resort-us-china-tensions-over-taiwan