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19 Feb 2021

“[Taiwan is considered as the top conflict hotspot] mainly because Beijing has defined Taiwan as a core interest and China is set on unification with Taiwan. And from our [the US] perspective, we're Taiwan's main security provider. And we're already seeing this escalation dynamic, and particularly in the last year or so, tend to be really heating up in the Taiwan Strait.”

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