![]() will value Taiwan more, but we have to see how the conflict plays out,” said Kao-Cheng Wang, a professor at the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and strategic studies at Tamkang University in Taiwan. “Taiwan’s economy and technology is important to the U.S., and perhaps the U.S. Taiwan is also a dominant player in the production of semiconductors that are used in everything from smartphones to cars. It is also bound by its own law to ensure Taiwan can defend itself. ![]() has no official ties with Taiwan but has historical relations and sells Taiwan billions of dollars worth of weapons. The critical question for Taiwan is whether the United States, which is not sending troops to defend Ukraine, would intervene if China invaded. ![]() On Tuesday, China’s People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Command announced it had recently conducted landing drills in an undisclosed location in the East China Sea. The decades-old issue has grown more intense since independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen took the helm in Taiwan in 2016, and China stepped up military pressure on the island, sending ships into nearby waters and fighter jets in its direction. Taiwan, an island of 23 million people about 160 kilometers (100 miles) off China's eastern coast, is self-ruled, but claimed by China. "China has many exchanges with Taiwan in several areas, so I don’t think it’s that dangerous.” “I think our situation is not very similar to Ukraine’s, whether it’s political or in terms of connections," said Ethan Lin, a 40-year-old who works in the service industry.
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