China can destabilize Taiwan without firing a shot

An all-out invasion is less likely than sowing discontent with cybertattacks

Tsai Ing-wen and Xi Jinping. Chinese cyberattacks have targeted Taiwan's Presidential Office Building in recent years. (Source photos by Taiwan Presidential Office and Xinhua/Kyodo)

HIROYUKI AKITA, Nikkei commentator

August 2, 2021 22:05 JST

TOKYO -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman's visit to China on July 25-26, the first such trip by a Biden administration diplomat, illustrated, as many predicted, what a quagmire the tensions between the U.S. and China have become.