U.S. commentator urges Trump to support Taiwan amid China’s threats

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/06
By: Kuan-lin Liu and Leaf Jiang

Washington, Jan. 5 (CNA) A U.S. political commentator has urged President Donald Trump to respond to China’s recent increasing aggression in the Taiwan Strait by sailing a carrier strike group near Taiwan.

In an editorial published in the Washington Examiner, a Washington-based political journalism website and weekly magazine, Tom Rogan suggested that Trump should “push back against escalating Chinese threats to Taiwan,” especially in light of the latest development across the Taiwan Strait in which China unilaterally announced it has opened four new commercial flight routes in the strait this week.

Rogan proposed three courses of action, one of which is to sail “a carrier strike group proximate to Taiwan.” That is the most military-related response that he said would “reassure Taiwan, deter China and also offer the U.S. Navy a valuable exercise in near-China operations.”    [FULL  STORY]