The United States will be affected by whether Taiwan develops a closer relationship with mainland China or preserves the status quo, since the island nation is the United States' seventh-largest trading partner.
The United States will be affected by whether Taiwan develops a closer relationship with mainland China or preserves the status quo
Whether or not Taiwan develops a closer relationship with mainland China or preserves the status quo affecting the United States
Whether or not Taiwan develops a closer relationship with mainland China or the status quo is preserved, it will affect the United States
It affects the United States whether Taiwan will develop a closer relationship with mainland China or preserves the status quo
It affects the United States whether or not Taiwan will develop a closer relationship with mainland China or preserve the status quo
If whether is used to connect two verbs/actions, I'd keep it simple and just analyze all such situations with "or" as the parallel marker.
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If whether is used to connect two nouns, THEN I'd consider both "whether" and "or" as parallel markers.
E.g., Everyone in the country, whether civilian or soldier, was in danger during the war.
Otherwise you can just pay attention to "X or Y".
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