Is the world speculating a WW III? What is happening between China Taiwan and the US.
By Sowmya Raju
After the wars that happened between the international superpowers like Russia and Ukraine, Palestine, and Isreal, things are finally going back to normal in 2022. But, the two countries that are said to be the largest superpowers in the world are on the brink of war. World countries are now speculating that these superpowers that have been in a cold war for the past few decades, may now become a real war. If this happened this would have a huge impact on the world economy which might even bankrupt a large number of countries.
Why is this happening? What triggered this possible war? How are these countries responding? What could be the impact of this on the rest of the world?
A little bit of background
United states speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan is the reason the trigger for war between these two superpowers The United States and China. Nancy Pelosi, the US speaker has been visiting a number of Asian countries in the past week starting her travel by visiting Singapore and Malaysia. Against her visit to Taiwan, China has been showing its opposition by threatening to wage a war against Taiwan.
On July 25, China's foreign ministry warned that a visit by Pelosi would have "severe consequences" for which the US would be fully responsible. A few days later, on July 28, in a highly anticipated phone call with US President Joseph Biden, China's supreme leader Xi Jinping reiterated the warning, cautioning Washington against "play[ing] with fire." Zhang Jun, China's UN envoy, also condemned Pelosi's scheduled visit as "dangerous" and "provocative," and warned it will be responded with "stern and robust actions to preserve our national sovereignty and territorial integrity." As a result, both the US and Chinese militaries have taken precautionary precautions ahead of the visit.
Since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, when Communist China and Taiwan parted, the waterway dividing them has been a volatile geopolitical hotspot.
The Taiwan Strait, which is only 130 kilometers (81 miles) wide at its narrowest point, is a significant international shipping passage and all that stands between now-democratic, self-ruled Taiwan and its massive authoritarian neighbor.
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