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The role of Taiwan in the growing US and Japanese conflict with China for influence in the Asia-Pacific region is a highly relevant topic. This article notes that Washington and Tokyo intend to continue hindering Taiwan's reunification with Mainland China, which would greatly strengthen Beijing's position in the Pacific Ocean. Under the administration of President Donald Trump, the United States notably stepped up its support for Taiwan, in both expanding its official ties with Taipei and supplying it with American arms. The policy devised by Washington and Tokyo (and coordinated with Taipei) to strengthen the de facto independence of Taiwan is gradually taking shape. Beijing has made it clear that it will do whatever is necessary to maintain China's territorial integrity within its official concept of One Country, Two Systems.
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