From AP, via Columbia News Daily:
A proposed Chinese law on possible military action against Taiwan and the island’s plans for war games are raising tensions, but analysts say the developments instead appear to be aimed at keeping the peace.
China’s legislature is expected tomorrow to enshrine in law Beijing’s longtime threat to attack Taiwan if the self-ruled island pursues formal independence. Taiwanese leaders, in turn, say their military will practice repelling an assault.
“The law is intended as a deterrent, not as an excuse for taking some drastic action,” said William Overholt, Asia policy chairman at RAND Corp., a Santa Monica, California-based think tank.
