Seeking Security

China is ratcheting up aggression toward Taiwan by buzzing the island with fighter jets and bombers every single week.As Beijing sees it, Taiwan is a lost province that must eventually come under its control. Yet, Taiwan has its own elected government, military and alliances, most notably with the US, which supplies the island with billions in weapons.Whether the United States would go to war to defend Taiwan is an open question.Related: Southeast Asia allies express concern over US commitment amid Afghanistan crisisLast week, President Joe Biden suggested it would. His office scrambled to say he had misspoken. There is no getting around it: Any genuine invasion of Taiwan would have severe implications upon the island’s 23 million population as well as the future of the American empire.The World’s Patrick Winn spoke with Kolas Yotaka, a former Taiwanese legislator who is now a spokeswoman for the Taiwan presidential office, about the situation.Patrick Winn: Chinese state media is pointing to Afghanistan and s