Wargames have taken on new meaning and urgency in the 21st century as China's massive armed forces build-up in the Pacific and Russia's movement of troops along its border with Ukraine ratchet up the possibility of a major conflict.
Wargames have taken on new meaning and urgency in the 21st century as China's massive armed forces build-up in the Pacific and Russia's movement of troops along its border with Ukraine ratchet up the possibility of a major conflict.
A delegation of 12 US Congress members on Nov. 9 landed in Taiwan on a US military plane for a three-day visit.
Speaking to the US Senate on Tuesday last week, delegation leader Senator John Cornyn said: “If China is able to capture Taiwan, there’s no reason to believe that the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] would stop there. We shouldn’t view Taiwan as the CCP’s ultimate goal, but as the first domino in a quest to reach regional and global dominance. If Taiwan falls, it will not be the end, but rather a beginning.”
Is Cornyn’s warning a sincere and insightful
A top Taiwan security official has told lawmakers that China had internally debated whether to attack Taiwan's Pratas Islands but will not do so before 2024.