China’s ‘World-Island’ Ambitions - The American Spectator

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China’s ‘World-Island’ Ambitions

From the Belt and Road Initiative to the South China Sea, China’s ambitions conform to classical theories of emergent Eurasian powers.

by Francis P. Sempa

January 15, 2021, 11:07 PM

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In August 2020, after U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar visited Taiwan, Chinese fighter jets crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which brought a response from Taiwan’s U.S.-supplied air force....

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