This column is about Taiwan, home to 23 million people and a democratically elected government. China considers Taiwan “an inalienable part of Chinese territory,” a breakaway province that China is determined to “reunite” with the mainland. The.
Strait Talk: China Invading Taiwan Is Mostly Just A Matter Of Time A tank deployed during the National Army Lunar New Year s Military Drill, in Taiwan. - Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto/ZUMA
Though Beijing is not likely to launch any overt operation right away, experts predict it s most likely to try to force Taiwan s reunification between 2025 and 2030. This would almost certainly prompt a U.S. response.
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TAIPEI There has been no shortage of recent warnings about China trying to take over Taiwan by force. The May 1 cover story of
The Economist called Taiwan: The most dangerous place on earth.
On the afternoon of March 12, 2034, the commanding officers of the American guided-missile destroyer John Paul Jones discover a fishing trawler on fire on the horizon of the Western Pacific. They delay but then, on the orders of their superiors, they shift course. It’s the beginning of a chain of events that leads to war between China and the United States and the use of tactical nuclear weapons. These events drive the plot of the geopolitical thriller 2034,” from Washington to Beijing, from the Persian Gulf to San Diego, from India to Shanghai.
The authors are novelist and Afghanistan veteran Elliot Ackerman, 41, and Admiral James Stavridis, 66, who himself commanded a destroyer squadron in the western Pacific years ago. He later rose to the rank of four-star admiral and, in 2009, he became the first naval officer to take over the supreme command of NATO troops in Europe. Stavridis was discussed as a possible vice presidential nominee during Hillary Clinton’s c
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