Who would fight for Taiwan? The 1995-96 Taiwan Strait Crisis is illustrative in this regard: The Clinton administration sent two aircraft carriers and accompan

Who would fight for Taiwan? The 1995-96 Taiwan Strait Crisis is illustrative in this regard: The Clinton administration sent two aircraft carriers and accompanying ships toward Taiwan. Beijing threatened a fierce response: if the U.S. Navy entered the Strait, it would face a "sea of fire." Washington turned the ships around. See [1]. China is a lot more powerful today that it was 2 decades ago. [1] J. A. Bosco, The 1995-96 Taiwan Strait Crisis: Three What Ifs?. https://taiwaninsight.org/2019/01/26/the-1995-96-taiwan-strait-crisis-three-what-ifs/ https://taiwaninsight.org/2019/01/26/the-1995-96-taiwan-stra...