Is a new crisis between China and Taiwan looming? How do these growing tensions relate to the deepening differences between Washington and Beijing? And has President Trump contributed by undermining the long-standing "One China" policy pursued by his predecessors that was the foundation of the rapprochement between China and the US in the late 1970s?
The incursion by Chinese warplanes on Sunday, crossing a maritime line separating Chinese and Taiwanese waters, is the most serious such incident for years. The duration of the incursion - some ten minutes - suggests it was no mere navigational mistake.
