Importance of accepting the One China policy

A NUMBER of defence analysts are convinced that the United States of America, supported by Britain and Australia, is goading China to go to war over Taiwan. They point to constant statements by officials from the three countries pledging to come to Taiwan’s defence if it is attacked by China, and the actual presence of US warships in the region as evidence of “an aggressive stance”.

The game plan of the US and its allies, according to these observers, is to create an atmosphere that will compel China to retaliate to these provocations and fire the first shot.