On January 9th, the outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced he was lifting restrictions on contacts between US officials and their Taiwanese counterparts. Chinese state media denounced this as a ‘cowardly act of sabotage’.

As we enter a new year with a new US president, a still fresh Taiwanese government, and in a climate of US-Chinese confrontation, the potential flashpoint of Taiwan continues to glow. But what would a conflict around the island look like, who would be affected, and how might it end? 

In this episode Mark Fleming-Williams, Phillip Orchard, Omar Lamrani, Sim Tack and Adriano Bosoni explore the outbreak of war, how a conflict might develop, and the likely global repercussions.

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