War games scenarios in Taiwan

A hundred miles off the coast of China is the island of Taiwan: with ambiguous status in the global community, Taiwan sees China as its most important economic partner and its biggest military threat. Host Marco Werman talks with veteran journalist Jane Perlez about serious and alarming scenarios in which the US and China might go to war over Taiwan’s sovereignty. Perlez is the host of the podcast “Face Off: US versus China.”

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