China in a Tight Spot as Taiwan Receives More Attention from Allies

June 12, 2021 Topic: Taiwan Region: Asia Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: TaiwanChinaOne China PolicyJoe BidenJapanMilitary

China in a Tight Spot as Taiwan Receives More Attention from Allies

Taiwan’s allies in the U.S., Japan, and elsewhere, to continue deepening their engagement with the democratic island-nation to help guard it against a growing threat from China.

Beijing, it seems, is in a bit of a pickle.

J. Michael Cole is a Taipei-based Senior Fellow with the Global Taiwan Institute in Washington, D.C., the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa, Canada, and the Taiwan Studies Programme at the University of Nottingham. He is a former analyst with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in Ottawa.

Image: Reuters.