Closely resembling Ukraine, Taiwan is reliant on protection from big powers, which runs in the opposite direction of the general political trend in real life.
From what we’ve seen up to this point, Obama’s fifth visit to Asia has been dull and lifeless. The 'return to Asia' movement has lost the momentum that was present in its first year, when Obama got on his high horse and made his solemn pledge to it.
Does the U.S. want to bet on containing China, or does it not want to participate constructively in the region's economic development and benefit from it?
Japan and America’s speculation on the issue of the Diaoyu Islands has severely undermined the healthy development of relationships between China and America and between China and Japan.
To curb virus transmission, China and the U.S. have implemented social distancing measures, which – together with the unemployment they produce – have broken the cycle of earning and spending that sustains global growth.