Ian Easton On Taiwan: The wrong way to peaceOn Tuesday, August 3, 2021, the US State Department issued a string of tweets, listing all the countries that had received free COVID-19 vaccines from America. There was, however, one place on the State Department list where coercion reared its ugly head: the entry for Taiwan. INSULTING A FRIENDInitially, the State Department had given Taiwan the same full measure of dignity it accorded to every other country. That is the wrong way to peace. Ian Easton is a senior director at the Project 2049 Institute and author of The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan’s Defense and American Strategy in Asia.

Source: Taipei Times August 29, 2021 16:02 UTC