WHY TAIWAN MATTERS: A Short History of a Small Island that Will Dictate Our Future

For the U.S. and the West, the island is a bastion of freedom against China's assertive presence in the region. And yet China insists Taiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it. Should China mount an invasion, it would set off a chain reaction, pitching it against the U.S., escalating a regional war into a global one.