Correlated with both military confrontation and security cooperation, US-Taiwan "quasi-alliance" is the result of mutual balancing and mutual compromise.

这组，临时平衡中既有安全对抗关系，也有安全合作美系。美台“准联盟”关系则是各支力量相互牵制、相互妥协的结果。

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Yet some in the region have started to fret that China and America, bent on rubbing along better after a tricky few years when they almost came to blows over China's military intimidation of Taiwan (which China claims as its own), might use East Asia's time of troubles to rearrange the regional balance between them.

ECONOMIST: East Asia��s delicate balance

It issued two White Papers in 2000, justifying use of military force if Taiwan delays entering into negotiations for unification.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Needed: A Real Commitment to Taiwan