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(Source: The "Taipei Times.")

By: Ian Easton | TAIPEI TIMES |

Things have gotten tense in the Taiwan Strait this year and few observers seem to understand why. … As an explanatory tool, action-reaction dynamics are attractive. But they are shallow and misleading to the point of falsity. There are much deeper and more serious facts lurking behind the emerging crisis. … Contrary to the popular media narrative, China is not reacting to external events. It is making others react. And China’s leader is not hot with anger. If anything, he is cold and calculating…

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