Xi is building a $10 trillion trap in Taiwan — and Trump is walking right into it

In January 1955, Congress answered Mao Zedong’s bombardment of Kinmen by passing the historic “Formosa Resolution.” This crucial legislation authorized President Dwight Eisenhower to defend Taiwan and its offshore islands with American military force. When Beijing tested that pledge in August 1958 by shelling the garrison and attempting a starvation blockade, the U.S. Navy escorted […]

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