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CHINA

Source:  The 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.  January 29, 2019

Taiwan

Beijing almost certainly will continue using pressure and incentives to try to force Taipei to accept the One China framework and ultimately Chinese control, and it will monitor the U.S. reaction as an indicator of U.S. resolve in the region.

Since 2016, Beijing has persuaded six of Taiwan’s 23 diplomatic partners, most recently Burkina Faso and El Salvador, to recognize China instead of Taiwan.

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