Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/12/19
By: Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Dec. 19 (CNA) A crisis between the United States and China over Taiwan has been listed as one contingency that could affect U.S. interests in 2020, according to a survey released by an American think tank Wednesday, although it said such a conflict was not very likely.

In the annual Preventive Priorities Survey released by the New York-based the Council on Foreign Relations' Center for Preventive Action (CPA), American foreign policy experts assessed the likelihood and impact of 30 potential conflicts that could emerge or escalate next year.

The CPA then categorized the scenarios in three tiers — high, moderate, and low — in order of priority for U.S. leaders.

One of the 30 contingencies identified was "a crisis between the United States and China over Taiwan, as a result of China's intensifying political and economic pressure surrounding Taiwan's elections in 2020."    [FULL  STORY]