ASIAN HISTORY Jinmen: the forgotten crisis that brought the world to the brink*

That the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster is well known. But who remembers that 60 years ago this year, the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis resulted in a similar nuclear imbroglio? In 1958, China did not have nuclear arms at the time, but the Russians did. The question was, would the USSR risk nuclear war for China?



The Taiwan Strait separates the island of Taiwan from the mainland of China. At its narrowest, it is only 130 kilome…

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