Taiwan and China have a very conflicted history (Image: Getty) Taiwan will be the biggest issue in the foreign policy inbox for whoever is the next president of the United States. It would be bigger than Ukraine or the Middle East, given the outsized impact of a Chinese invasion or blockade of Taiwan - not just for the world economy but for the US. This pertains not only to American prestige in Asia, which would be smashed if Beijing took control of the island democracy, but to the dollar.
The currency’s power, in part, depends on America guaranteeing the sea lanes. This is all because Taiwan sits in the middle of the first island chain, a network of Western-allied states - some of which host American troops - which currently blocks China's military from pushing into, and dominating, the Pacific. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.
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