In recent months, China has ramped up its threats towards Taiwan, with incursions by military jets into the island’s air space and missiles fired into the sea around it.
Beijing regards the territory as part of its territory and has vowed to bring it back under China’s control. President Joe Biden has made clear that any attempt to do so by force would be met with U.S. retaliation.
In this video, POLITICO’s China experts explore the origins of the dispute and the current drivers behind it. One Taiwanese company, TSMC, produces 92 percent of the world’s high-end semiconductors making Taiwan an important economic prize.
