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Home / Opinion / First line of defense First line of defense Perry Diaz . ALTHOUGH the Cold War with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ended when it collapsed in 1991, there is a Cold War-like situation that exists between the US and China. All because of Taiwan, a former province of China that gained independence in 1949 when the forces of communist Mao Zedong drove the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai Shek out of mainland China to the island of Taiwan. However, in spite of Taiwan’s independence, China continues to claim her as an integral part of China....
