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China-Taiwan Tension

Invading Taiwan would be a high-risk gamble for President Xi

December 15, 2021December 13, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Logistics challenges could sink China’s operation before the fleet left home ports

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags Beijing, China, Communist Party of China, Invasion Report, News, President Xi Jinping, Taiwan Leave a comment

Taiwan can wait 100 years, Mao told Nixon

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Kissinger recalls how Mao told Nixon in private talks that Taiwan can wait

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags China, Henry Kissinger, Mao Zedong, News, Richard Nixon, Taiwan Leave a comment

D-Day for Taiwan as PLA plots to invade the island

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Beijing now has the ability to launch an invasion force of more than 25,000 troops, report reveals

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags China, Communist Party of China, Invasion Plans, News, President Xi Jinping, Taiwan Leave a comment

‘Porcupine doctrine’ leaves China feeling prickly

October 14, 2021October 8, 2021 by Zeno Leoni

The PLA Navy would encounter a Taiwanese guerrilla campaign at sea or a ‘war of the flea’

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags China, Military Doctrine, PLA Navy, Taiwan, Taiwan Invasion, The Conversation, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

China flies into a storm over the ‘Taiwan question’

October 5, 2021October 4, 2021 by Juweihu

Close to 150 PLA military aircraft pierce the island democracy’s air defense zone

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags China’s Communist Party, News, President Xi Jinping, Risk of War, Taiwan Question, United States Leave a comment

China flies into a war of words and a Taiwan storm

June 17, 2021June 16, 2021 by Juweihu

Beijing pushes back at the United States and its NATO allies after a flurry of summits

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags Beijing, China, EU, G7, NATO, News, Rogue Province, South China Sea, Taipei, Taiwan Strait, US Leave a comment

Taipei scrambles fighter jets as China pierces Taiwan’s airspace

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 by Juweihu
The photo shows two PLA fighter jets taking off as the sun rises over the airfield. Chinese military aircraft have again pierced Taiwan’s air defense corridor on Friday.

At least eight PLA aircraft make an incursion into the defense identification zone near the Pratas Islands

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags China, Chinese Fighter Jets, Fighters Scrambled, Military Tension, News, Taiwan, US Navy Leave a comment

‘Independence means war” as China fires a verbal missile at Taiwan

January 29, 2021January 28, 2021 by Juweihu

Beijing ramps up the pressure on the democratic island amid a pushback from Washington

Categories China-Taiwan Tension Tags China, Fighter Jets, News, PLA, Taiwan, United States, War Leave a comment

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