Taiwan tensions raise fears of US-China conflict in Asia


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BANGKOK (AP) – By sending a record number of warplanes to pursue Taiwan on the occasion of China’s national holiday, Beijing has softened the saber rattling, but tensions remain high and the rhetoric and rationale for the exercise have not changed. Experts agree that direct conflict is now unlikely, but as the future of self-governing Taiwan increasingly turns into a powder keg, failure or miscalculation could lead to confrontation as China’s and America’s ambitions diverge. China is seeking to regain control of the strategically and symbolically important island, and the United States views Taiwan in the context of broader challenges...