Trump doesn't know how to deal with China. His cowardice only makes a war with Taiwan more likely

The belief that bad things come in threes is an old superstition with scant basis in fact. Still, in these disordered times, it's natural to wonder whether war in Europe and the Middle East will be followed by war in Asia. Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, firing off insults and missiles, recently demonstrated how real that prospect is. Emboldened by its alliance with Russia, North Korea's unpredictable rogue regime threatens almost everyone. Yet it is China's accelerating confrontation with US-backed Taiwan that forms the most alarming panel in this gloomy Asian triptych. China's president, Xi Jinping, has reportedly told his generals…