Maj Gen B K Sharma (Retd), comments on the article “Will US go to War with China to Defend Taiwan” written by Kent Wang in Asia Times on 02 May, (https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/05/opinion/will-us-go-to-war-with-china-to-defend-taiwan/) where the authour highlights the mounting tensions between Taiwan, China and US. He raises a pertinent issue … where Washington analysts continue to see an attempted People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invasion of Taiwan as prohibitively risky for China, but the threat is real and must be taken seriously. The question is, will the US go to war with China for Taiwan, and consequently face catastrophic consequences? The basic question is when and under what circumstances would the US and China be forced to go to war or escalate on their own, leading to war.