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==== ﻿ China wants to invade two of Taiwans islands, Eisenhower asked congress to authorize the use of force to defend Taiwan. ====

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Not long after the Korean war ended, an new crisis formed in Asia. In the fall of 1954, China threatened to sieze two of the islands. Eisenhower saw Taiwan as part of the "anti-communist barrier" in Asia that needed to be protected at all costs. When China began shelling the islands and announced that Taiwan would be liberated, Eisenhower asked congress to authorize the use of force to defend Taiwan. He then warned the Chinese that any attack on Taiwan would be resisted by U.S. naval forces stationed nearby and hinted that they would use nuclear weapons to stop an invasion.======