A Study on the Conflict between East Asia, China and Taiwan and the Cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan

On January 13, 2024, Taiwan's election ended and a more U.S.-friendly Democratic Progressive Party candidate, Raichinger, was elected. President Biden of the U.S. said that he opposes Taiwan's independence after the Taiwanese election, but does not show any confrontation with China and does not want to provoke it. The year 2027 marks the centennial anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's invasion of Taiwan. Regarding China's aggressive stance toward Taiwan, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that it is important for China to keep the peace without attacking Taiwan; in the case of the United States, it plans to support Taiwan if China attacks Taiwan. In the case of Japan, China should not attack Taiwan, but it is highly likely that it will support Taiwan based on the US-Japan alliance. In the case of Korea, there is a possibility that it will support Taiwan in any way based on the US-ROK alliance. If China attacks Taiwan by force, the East Asian terrain will be seriously dangerous. The purpose of this study is to analyze the conflict between China and Taiwan in East Asia in detail and to study how South Korea, the United States and Japan should cooperate to cope with these threats.