now in everybody s head is what is going to happen next? yes, the plane touched down, and china has said all the harsh words and loud warnings, and now we see the planes sent, circling. what next? from beijing s perspective, they claim this is a continued us salami slicing, the one china policy , hallowing out the one china policy, but from washington s perspective, although there is no white house direct approval of this flight and no authorisation, but for most us politicians, especially since the ukraine war, they need to stand strong and support a democratic ally. and so we have two competing narratives and perspectives. what will happen next? if we look back at history, taiwan has always been the core issue between beijing and washington, especially since 1979 when the two had some type of normalised relations,