61 - Undermining Taiwan's Security in the Name of Enhancing It


61 - Undermining Taiwan's Security in the Name of Enhancing It


The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed a bipartisan bill, the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, that will dramatically increase US military and political support of Taiwan. If approved by the full Senate, the TPA will actually make Taiwan less secure and further heighten US-China tensions. Beijing is likely to consider that the TPA moves US policy another step closer to supporting Taiwan's independence, its red line.