Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Taiwan is seen as one of the most dangerous flashpoints of the 21st century. For China, the island is only a rebel province that must one day “return” to the national fold. For its 23 million inhabitants, it is a sovereign democracy, born of a civil war the rest of the world has almost forgotten.
Beyond questions of identity, Taiwan has become the beating heart of the global digital economy. That is what makes an armed conflict there so frightening: it would threaten not just Asia, but every factory and every smartphone on the planet.
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- 2The legacy of 1949: two rival Chinas
- 3The silicon shield: TSMC and the global stake
- 4American strategic ambiguity
- 5Modern challenges and sovereignty
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