Asian Insider looks at what is causing the turmoil and whether war is imminent. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Despite cross-strait tensions running at their highest in decades, Taiwanese retiree Lin Huei-chen is not worried about an imminent war.
With extended family living in the United States, she briefly considered the possibility of moving there with her husband in the event of a Chinese attack.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's early August trip to Taiwan, and China's reaction, plunged US-China relations to a new low, and elevated Taiwan as the most acute flashpoint between the two great powers.
It has created a dangerous litmus test of America's and China's resolve. And the danger continues to grow.In China's latest government White Paper on Taiwan, the word interference, or ganshe in Chinese, appears 16 times.