Beijing would be less likely to act with restraint than it does at present were the United States to give in on the sensitive Taiwan issue, a senior US expert argues in a paper on whether the US should "abandon" Taiwan.
"Giving way on Taiwan will neither pacify Beijing nor assure our allies," said Richard C Bush, director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Washington-based Brookings Institute, in a paper released Monday named after his new book titled Uncharted Strait.
"Conceding to Beijing on Taiwan will not help us elsewhere. Moreover, our friends and allies (Japan and South Korea) will worry that the United States might sacrifice their interests next for the sake of good relations with China," he wrote.
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