Nasty Rhetoric and Fearsome Displays Aside, Expect China and North Korea To Stand Pat

However dark, the storm clouds over Free China and the Korean peninsula are not expected to burst into armed conflict.

AP/Chiang Ying-ying
Taiwan’s minister of foreign affairs, Joseph Wu, in December 2019. AP/Chiang Ying-ying

SEOUL — Clouds of war hang over both Free China and the Korean peninsula in a challenge to democratic regimes backed by America against Communist China and its North Korean protectorate.

However dark, the storm clouds are not expected to burst into armed conflict despite all the nasty rhetoric and the fearsome weaponry that both China and North Korea might deploy. 

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