the complex question of Taiwanese independence
- Written by Ben Saul, Challis Chair of International Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
“Strategic ambiguity” – the policy that has underpinned the West’s defence of Taiwan for half a century or more – rests on another ambiguity: Taiwan’s status in international law. And that status matters because it could help us answer three questions:
does China have a legal right to restore control over its...