An onlooker, the US, anticipates that the boulder — China — knows that it is not in its best interest to come rolling down the hill. Kishi has also said that China is continuing to strengthen its military capabilities, changing the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait in its favor. During a US Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on March 2, former White House national security adviser H.R. Biden’s new national security team “needs to put Taiwan first among all its priorities,” Goldstein added. However, in 1999, Lee proposed a “special state-to-state relationship” between Taiwan and China.

Source: Taipei Times March 29, 2021 16:07 UTC