The News Lens
Date: 2016/06/10
By: Yuan-ling Liang

Why you need to know: Taiwan seems unaware it is moving into the middle of a new Cold War

between the U.S. and China, a local academic says.

Taiwan seems unaware it is moving into the middle of a new Cold War between the U.S. and China, a local academic says.

Professor Chen Ching-chuan (陳清泉), an assistant professor of politics at National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, told The News Lens International this week that the tensions that have emerged between the U.S. and China in the Western Pacific are similar to those seen after World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

And Taiwan, he says, is moving into the center of a potential war zone.

Today’s two great powers are currently striving to avoid direct conflict while continuing their economic cooperation, Chen says. Still, the “Mini Cold War” will likely have an impact on all Asia Pacific countries, he says, adding that there is an expectation the U.S. will involve itself in the region in order to balance China.     [FULL  STORY]