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Understanding China – Taiwan escalation following Nancy Pelosi’s visit
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Understanding China – Taiwan escalation following Nancy Pelosi’s visit

The Chinese believe in utilising their defence forces as an instrument of strategic deterrence and posturing, which would intimidate its potential enemies. China does understand that U.S. Congress is an independent body and is not bound by the advice of even the president of the United States, in taking decisions which is independent of its functioning.Taiwan has also activated its military exercises and has kept its defence forces on high alert while the USA in response has activated its military presence in the region by sending in one of its Aircraft Carriers to a Taiwanese naval base.  Although it’s advisable that India’s foreign and strategic policy should continue the One-China policy, only in order to retain stability in the Indian subcontinent, it must reconsider its stand on ...