Category Archives: China and Australia

Why should Australia be concerned about… rising tensions in the Taiwan Straits?

In the latest China Matters Explores policy brief, I argue outright war across the Taiwan Strait is highly unlikely.  Rather, the PRC is likely to use ‘all means short of war’ to achieve the paramount goal of unification. A PRC pressure campaign to force Taiwan to negotiate unification would entail a mix of tactics including

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