South China Sea on brink as clash over Taiwan could ‘precipitate open warfare'

THE SOUTH CHINA SEA could see 'open warfare' between the US and China over Taiwan, an expert on the region has claimed.

approved a $750million arms deal for the country – his administration’s first backing for a weapons deal for Taipei since he took office.move angered Beijing, with the Chinese Embassy saying it “undermines China's sovereignty and security interests by selling arms to the Taiwan region".specialist and political scientist at the University of Nottingham, any Chinese-US conflict over Taiwan, would “result in significant and long-lasting disruption on a global scale".

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