Washington would really have to anger Japan and Korea to provoke such action, but in a showdown with China - over Taiwan, for example - China holds the cards.
1	Washington	Washington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	4:nsubj|6:nsubj:xsubj	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	4:aux	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	4:advmod	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	6:mark	_
6	anger	anger	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	4:xcomp	_
7	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	6:obj	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	9:cc	_
9	Korea	Korea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	6:obj|7:conj:and	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	11:mark	_
11	provoke	provoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	6:advcl:to	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	13:amod	_
13	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	11:obj	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	29:punct	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	29:cc	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	18:case	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	18:det	_
18	showdown	showdown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	29:obl:in	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	20:case	_
20	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	18:nmod:with	_
21	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	18:punct	_
22	over	over	ADP	IN	_	23	case	23:case	_
23	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	18:nmod:over	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	18:punct	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	26:case	_
26	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	18:nmod:for	_
27	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	29:punct	_
28	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	29:nsubj	_
29	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	4:conj:but	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	31:det	_
31	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	29:obj	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
