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US-China trade war: Escalate to de-escalate to escalate?

Even if Trump lowers tariff heat he says he wants to force the rest of the world to choose one team or the other

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US-China trade war is on: Could it turn violent, and when?

The far bigger threat from Trump-China tariffs is a sharp escalation in ongoing security tensions that could easily turn into something else

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Taiwan's president turns up heat against China — way up.

Calling Beijing a 'foreign hostile force' gives the hawks ammunition, if that's what he wants.

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Trump’s China policy: A complete unknown?

Past and present policies indicate the president could be militarily hawkish or purely transactional, depending on the moment

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Asia-Pacific

Trump's China dilemma

The president-elect can escalate tensions and risk global conflict, or strike a deal and alienate his party’s hawks

Inauguration of Taiwan’s new president triggers usual pearl-clutching
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Inauguration of Taiwan’s new president triggers usual pearl-clutching

These cartoonish characterizations of China’s motivations undermine any attempts for a credible deterrence strategy