It must be emphasized that, in attempting to coerce China to terminate the war, the defenders would need to demand no more of China than that Beijing accept its failure to subordinate Taiwan and cease hostile efforts to subordinate it or any other US ally within the coalition. They would not need to require that China do something more fundamental, like change its government or give up territory. Moreover, they would not need China to relent formally; Beijing might meet the defenders’ demands informally. There has been no war on the Korean Peninsula since 1953, despite the two sides’ only
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