FOR ‘CLARITY’ READ ‘CONFRONTATION’: HOW WASHINGTON HAWKS ARE WINNING OUT ON CHINA

Posted: 22nd October 2021

There has been some talk about improved US/China relations recently. The last few days have indicated, however, that hawkish demands for ‘strategic clarity’ in Washington are dominant. For ‘strategic clarity’ read ‘threat of war’.

Just weeks after the provocative AUKUS pact, President Biden has ratcheted up tensions with China again. This time he has committed the US to defending Taiwan against any attack from China. He was asked on a CNN discussion programme on Thursday whether the US military would defend the country in the event of a Chinese attack. His answer was unambiguous. “Yes,’ he said, ‘we have a commitment to do that.”