US' aggressive playing of the 'Taiwan card' is a high-stakes gamble that won't pay off

It seems that Taiwan has become a catwalk on which various US politicians want to strut to put themselves in the spotlight, no matter how much their preening and posturing ratchets up tensions in the region.

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, who arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, is the latest in the string of US politicians who have flocked to the Chinese island hard on the heels of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit at the beginning of August.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has constructed a new manufacturing plant in Arizona and as well as meeting with Tsai Ing-wen, the head of the island's authorities, Ducey is visiting companies in the semiconductor industry during his three-day trip.