But there is so much more at stake in a fight over Taiwan than who ends up controlling Taiwan, isn't there? Completely irrespective of who ends up "winning" that fight, a shooting war between the US and China would be devastating for the economies of both countries and would likely crash the global economy.
It would put my country in a truly awful position too - we'd have to choose between losing our economic prosperity (China's demand for raw materials is the only thing sparing Australia from the global economic downturn that's affecting every other western economy) or turning our backs on the strongest and closest military ally we've ever had.
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 "It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli
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