US will fail in its evil design even by using Taiwan as a tool

The United States seems intent on playing the dangerous "Taiwan card" again by allowing Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen to stop over in the US on her way to "visit" some Caribbean countries this month. The US has already made a series of moves, especially the passing of the Taiwan Assurance Act by the House of Representatives, which has raised tensions across the Taiwan Straits.

As part of its Indo-Pacific strategy, the US has been trying to woo Japan, Australia and India to form a "quadrilateral alliance" - known as Quad - aimed at containing China. But as the US president's "America first" agenda is in defiance of the norms followed by the international community, including US allies, and considering its huge economic exchanges with China, India is reluctant to side with the US in order to avoid offending any party and ending up as a victim of the conflict between the world's two largest economies.

And since Japan is also reluctant to blindly toe the US line, Washington is using the "Taiwan card" to bolster its Indo-Pacific strategy and strengthen its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.