Amid all the tensions in the Middle East, the situation in East Asia looks a lot calmer. That’s especially true after a visit to Beijing by Taiwan’s opposition leader Cheng Li-wun, a positive sign for peace and an encouraging step toward Washington’s longstanding interest in peaceful cross-strait relations. Cheng’s visit to China was not unprecedented. The opposition […] The post Taiwan’s KMT offers US an off-ramp from war with China appeared first on Asia Times .