China Kicking Taiwan Out of Pacific Very Improbable: Rand Report

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (C) and Sam Brownback (2nd L), the U.S. ambassador at large for religious freedom, stand on the stage during the Indo-Pacific forum on religious freedom in Taipei on March 11, 2019. Chris Stowers/AFP/Getty Images

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Rand Corporation forecasts that China’s victory flipping UN recognition by two small Pacific Island nations will not lead to diplomatically kicking Taiwan out of the Pacific.