I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time.

Hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is a sweaty armpit

because your wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps and heath and you get to the top

and you're like, and then you can see the breath but then your nose is still freezing to touch.

Join in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

If war were to break out between the US and China, Taiwan is a likely flashpoint.

Imagine a revanchist Chinese military amassing near Taiwan, the White House warning against an invasion.

All it would take is one misunderstanding. Though the US does not officially recognize Taiwan's government,

it does remain its strongest backer, while China views the island as lost territory which it must take back.

Some argue that the scale of China's military in the region has already surpassed anything the US or Taiwan militaries could stop.

Others say American credibility is on the line and the US could indeed defend Taiwan if pushed.

So in the context of these mounting tensions, here is our question. Is Taiwan indefensible?

Now to be clear, indefensible can cut several ways. The side-by-side military comparison, it is an obvious one,

could in attack from China, be repulsed. But that is not the only question.

Does America have the political will to confront China so far from its shores?

Should the US risk the economic and diplomatic fallout that would likely occur?

And what should America be willing to promise Taiwan?

We may be entering an inflection point in the geopolitics of this region as China's power and influence continue to grow.

And so these questions collectively are what we are here to debate. I'm John Don Van, and this is Intelligence Squared.

You are going to decide who wins this debate. You're going to do that by casting two votes, the first one in just a few seconds,

and the second one after you have heard all of the arguments. Two votes because that's how we figure out our winning team.

It's the team that changes the most minds between the first and the second vote.

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