Tensions between China and Taiwan are escalating as Chinese President Xi Jinping continues to take aggressive measures, including military exercises and purges within the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Experts predict a higher risk of Chinese escalation following the inauguration of Taiwanese President Lai. Xi's determination to enhance the PLA's competencies suggests plans involving Taiwan, an island democracy 85 miles off China's coast. U.S. experts and prominent potential Trump advisers question whether current policies will maintain peace in East Asia. Additionally, Chinese Professor Zhang Weiwei has indicated that reunification with Taiwan is accelerating, potentially through military means. Ian Buruma notes that China is sending 'costly signals' it is preparing for conflict. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recently held a hearing to address these concerns.
What happens to AI progress if China invades Taiwan? A chat with 'Chip War' expert Chris Miller. https://t.co/38W8MedAHs
"If China invades Taiwan tomorrow, how comfortable do you feel with our Commander in Chief..." Then short the TWD if you really believe this is a high probability. https://t.co/NKs2aSJeZV
A prominent think tank says China could take control of Taiwan without even launching an invasion — here's how https://t.co/Jz2vbfSC01
Is China getting ready to invade Taiwan? This is one of the questions that prompted a hearing this month by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a government-funded organization that follows the relationship between the United States and China. In this month’s… https://t.co/Rzav18Cvxz
Beijing is stockpiling key resources. Is China preparing to invade Taiwan, or just flexing its muscles to attract attention? https://t.co/FAeF6XKMmC
Under China’s relatively pragmatic leaders in the 1990s, the chances of a military conflict over Taiwan were slight. But Xi Jinping’s hostile nationalism is a great threat to the status quo, Ian Buruma writes. https://t.co/t6vlmY48WN
China would seem to be motivated to take Taiwan like...now. https://t.co/DeSBZowy8q
If this is true, shouldn’t we focus on Taiwan? “But looming on the horizon is the specter of a conflict more consequential than all these flashpoints combined: Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping has vowed to “reunify” Taiwan with mainland China.” 1/ https://t.co/j1Lcww7lTu
China has an 18 hour a day window to invade Taiwan https://t.co/GgcyjfJpxT
“That Xi is still so determined to purge the PLA suggests that he has plans for the PLA that demand his greater confidence in its competencies today rather than tomorrow. Might those plans involve an island democracy 85 miles off China’s coast?” https://t.co/bCIr0jxj6G
#ICYMI: Chinese Professor Zhang Weiwei: There May Not Be Another General Election in Taiwan – Reunification with the Motherland Is Entering the Fast Lane, We Might Use Military Means #China #Taiwan https://t.co/mQmjS20Qmv
Here’s the real rub: If you’re China you just saw US is at its weakest mental capacity to respond to Taiwan and that window is closing soon. If you’re Xi the getting will never be this good again.
Why am I so worried about the potential for conflict with China centered on Taiwan? Well, China is undertaking measures that are “costly signals” it is preparing to do just that. It’s not just idle talk. They’re doing things that cost them. No one knows but that’s revealing. https://t.co/9PcgO7QVOV
Serious questions remain as to whether the China policies set out by prominent potential Trump advisers are ones that will keep the peace in East Asia in the years to come. https://t.co/IYeLWPGRYL
"That Xi is so determined to purge the PLA suggests that he has plans for the PLA that demand his greater confidence in its competencies today rather than tomorrow. Might those plans involve an island democracy 85 miles off China’s coast?" @TomRtweets https://t.co/RPG3Mkduh2
In the last three years, China has engaged in highly publicized military exercises to oppose Taiwan and the United States’ actions. However, U.S. experts predict there is a greater risk of Chinese escalation moving forward following Lai’s inauguration. https://t.co/u0z4TWqx27 https://t.co/25WAJvpmYh
“Whereas Taiwan could still be treated as an annoyance by Kissinger and Nixon, or even by Clinton, the United States now feels compelled to show it can be tough on China and risk war to defend Taiwan,” Ian Buruma writes. https://t.co/oFjYTss7Xg