Nation: Taiwan: Shock and Fury
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Once the mutual defense treaty is abrogated, Taiwan still has two conceivable military options: alliance with the Soviet Union, or development of a nuclear deterrent. Both have obvious drawbacks, and either could provoke Peking into pre-emptive military action. Yet the prospect is not for a military solution but for a war of nerves, of feints and harassments, always combined with suggestions of surrender. Said a Taiwan diplomat: "We just have to stay where we are come hell or high water. We have no option."
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