US-China relations over Taiwan will be Asia's top risk in 2022: Analyst


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The tense relationship between the U.S. and China over Taiwan will be the main risk for Asia in the year ahead, according to one political risk analyst. Beijing sees any move by Washington on Taiwan as negative or infringing on its interests, said D.J. Peterson, president of Longview Global Advisors, a research firm. "That is very much the top risk, I think in Asia in 2022. If you look at the relationship between the United States and China right now, it really is a 'Cold War 2' type relationship," he told CNBC's "Streets Signs Asia" on Tuesday. Late last year,...