This paper will consider a military viewpoint of tensions between those and third countries. It has often been pointed out that the military presence of U.S. Navy and other tactical units in the area are a guarantee of peace, and indeed in further, that the whole perspective of future developments in the Pacific region is highly dependent of American presence. That viewpoint has been cultivated by both Western and local politicians. The island nation of Taiwan renounces its 50-year quixotic claim as the legitimate political seat of China and concurrently declares itself the independent Republic of Taiwan. On the mainland, the People's Republic of China is outraged, swiftly implementing a submarine blockade that quickly would strangle Taiwan's lifeblood of trade.
World leaders urge caution on all sides.
Taiwan vows it will not be subjugated. When the ultimatum is ignored, an angry Washington revokes the visas of 20,000 Chinese students, and expels 2,000 Chinese diplomats and businessmen. A U.S. P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft, making a routine sweep around Taiwan, is shot down by China. As international tempers flare, U.S. warships move into the East China Sea. Communist China's increasing military capability is indeed worrying many military strategists, in Taiwan and in U.S, and the scenario, which was pointed out above has been labeled as the priority one matter arising in Western pacific region.