China’s rising economic and military heft, Taiwan’s burgeoning sense of national identity, and fractious relations between Beijing and Washington mean the conditions for a crisis are ripe.
A PAIR of US-made Taiwanese Air Force F-5Fs take off during a demonstration in Taitung, southeast of Taiwan, in November. (photo credit: Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)ByJENNIFER WELCH, JENNY LEONARD, MAEVA COUSIN, GERARD DIPIPPO, TOM ORLIK
