Over the past week tensions have been soaring in the South China Sea and near Taiwan given the increased presence of both Chinese and American military patrols. In particular the entry of the USS Roosevelt carrier group over a week ago and last week's corresponding military drills in the Gulf of Tonkin by the Chinese PLA Navy, also amid repeat Chinese aerial incursions of Taiwan's airspace, have served to set the region further on edge.At the start of this week Taiwan's Defense Ministry made an extremely rare admission, announcing that on Sunday as six Chinese fighters breached its airspace, American...