Commentary
As Beijing erases freedom in Hong Kong, disrespects the visiting U.S. deputy secretary of state, and vastly increases the number of its nuclear missile silos, the question of the fate of Taiwan inevitably comes to mind.
Taiwan war planes are parked on a highway during an exercise to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on its airfields in Changhua, Taiwan, on May 28, 2019. Military News Agency via AP
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Clyde Prestowitz
Author
Clyde Prestowitz is an Asia and globalization expert, a veteran U.S. trade negotiator, and presidential adviser. He was the leader of the first U.S. trade mission to China in 1982 and has served as an adviser to Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama. As counselor to the secretary of commerce in the Reagan administration, Prestowitz headed negotiations with Japan, South Korea, and China. His newest book is "The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership," which was published in January 2021.
