The anti-secession law’s vague language and attempt at softened wording – perhaps geared toward mollifying foreign critics – paradoxically increases rather than decreases the likelihood that China and the United States could be unwittingly and unwillingly drawn into an avoidable military conflict.
El impreciso lenguaje de la ley antisecesión y el intento de suavizar la expresión –tal vez encaminado a aplacar a los críticos extranjeros- aumenta paradójicamente -en lugar de reducir- la probabilidad de que China y los Estados Unidos se vean arrastrados involuntariamente a un conflicto militar evitable.