China vs. Taiwan: A Return to ‘Massive Retaliation’ in the Taiwan Strait?

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March 31, 2019 Topic: Security Region: Asia Tags: TaiwanChinaXi JinpingNuclearNational Security

China vs. Taiwan: A Return to ‘Massive Retaliation’ in the Taiwan Strait?

Time to prod Taipei to finally end the Chinese Civil War.

Lyle J. Goldstein is Research Professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the United States Naval War College in Newport, RI. In addition to Chinese, he also speaks Russian and he is also an affiliate of the new Russia Maritime Studies Institute (RMSI) at Naval War College. You can reach him at [email protected]. The opinions in his columns are entirely his own and do not reflect the official assessments of the U.S. Navy or any other agency of the U.S. government.

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