US strategic policy in Taiwan needs to change as China shows it has capacity to take the island by force
ABCRecent Chinese military exercises conducted in the wake of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan have resulted in the most dangerous crisis over the island since 1996. Everything has changed Those who support strategic ambiguity argue that it has worked for the past 40 years and provided deterrence against China by reassuring Taiwan that it would not let an invasion go unimpeded. Based on the premise that Taiwan's military cannot win a conventional war against China in the Taiwan Strait, nor impose decisive costs on the modernised People's Liberation Army through attrition, a shift from its more conventional defence approach was required. Why is China less likely to invade Taiwan — for now Photo shows A man and two women in a composite image China's economic and social problems have been growing in recent months, and Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan gave Beijing an opportunity to divert the public's attention, writes Bang Xiao.