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Taiwan

Asia-Pacific12 min read

Why Does China Want Taiwan?

Beijing calls Taiwan an inalienable part of China and says 'reunification' is unstoppable. Here is the history, the strategy and the geography behind the claim, and why Taipei, Washington and Tokyo see it differently.

Asia-Pacific10 min read

The South China Sea Dispute Explained

China claims nearly all of the South China Sea. Five other claimants contest parts of it, and a 2016 tribunal rejected Beijing's historic-rights claim. Here is who claims what, what the law says and why the shoals off the Philippines keep flaring.