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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023
ELITE
VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023

Will it stay a cold conflict or an escalation is on

the way ?

Mirna Osama - Political Sciences - Merna.Osama2019@feps.edu.eg

During various tensions between China Given the relations that the United States has
and the United States over many files, with China, the former committed not to
most of which stem from the South China establish formal relations with Taiwan, but
Sea region, the conflict between China this does not prevent it from complying with
and Taiwan is foremost. The beginning of its agreement with China, as it currently has
their conflict dates back to the 1950s, informal relations with Taiwan, thereby

when tensions between the People's supporting it in attempts to counter China.
Republic of China and Taiwan, also
known as “the Republic of China”, led to The conflict between China and the United
an armed conflict over strategic islands in States began to worsen years ago because of
the Taiwan Strait. The basis of the conflict the disagreement over the Taiwan issue,
is, on the one hand, that China considers which has progressively intensified since 2016

Taiwan to be an integral part of it and its as the United States, under Donald Trump,
unequivocal refusal to establish any began to support Taiwan, contrary to the
diplomatic and political relations with any 1979 U.S. policy of severing official ties with
other State, and, on the other hand, that the island. In 2022, these tensions worsened
China’s conduct negates its rights as a dramatically after the Speaker of the U.S.
State itself and deliberately attempts to House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit
establish its dependence on it, as well as its to Taiwan, which tightened China's position

adherence to its independence from and was followed by a series of sanctions
China. Thus, it is not surprising that imposed on Taiwan by the latter, including
Taiwan, as an independent nation, has economic sanctions to prevent the export of a
been recognized by a few countries, of number of products and to stop the import of
which the United States is not one. other products.

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