Taiwan: Thoughts on a Stated Chinese Intent

By Roger Plumtree

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Our correspondent considers some of the formidable challenges the PLAN would need to overcome to make an amphibious invasion of Taiwan a realistic proposition, and the long-term hybrid warfare alternatives to which the PRC may turn. A 10 minute read.

At the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh, the prosecutor, Nicholas Throgmorton, declared “he had been a star at whom the world had gazed, but stars may fall, nay, must fall when they affect the firmament in which they abide.” The possibility exists that the current Chinese President may find himself in such a situation, after his utterance that China, will, at a future date, absorb Taiwan (Republic of China) into the Peoples Republic of China. The dangers are many. Above all, is the determinisation that under no circumstance is the Communist Party’s position to be placed in jeopardy. Such an adventu…

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