Chinese President Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to be ready to conquer Taiwan by the year 2027. Most U.S. military and intelligence analysts believe Xi will attempt such an invasion before this decade is out. Xi views Taiwan’s subjugation under the Chinese Communist Party flag as a requirement of his personal destiny and the party’s political destiny. //

The United States is not obligated, under the current Taiwan Relations Act, to intervene with military forces should the Communist Chinese forces invade the island nation; we are committed to supporting Taiwan with arms and logistical support. But that, in itself, may make the mainland Communists see value in interdicting any such support, which would mean taking military action against U.S. forces in the Pacific.

That could make things in the Pacific downright spicy, and quickly. And China may be preparing to do just that. //

USA_Proud
9 hours ago edited
Their aging demographics alone make military attacks in the next 5 years likely. While their "One Child" policy resulted in a high percentage of Military age Males, it ran for decades, and only ended in 2015. The lack of females in prime child- bearing years makes it difficult to staff a Military. While China may have wanted to wait a few more years to further let Biden decimate our Military while they modernize theirs, fear of a GOP Administration may cause them to jump early. //

Chuck in TX
9 hours ago
China is surrounded by some very strong opponents that would view an attack on one as a likely attack on all of them. Also, Xi has to have serious questions about whether the PLA is as prepared and capable as he has been told. Fatal flaws seem to reveal themselves with the PLA pretty regularly. Any kind of high-tempo operations will reveal even more. Fortress Taiwan undoubtedly has agents within China ready to make life miserable for the CCP and a Three Gorges Dam failure wipes out almost a third of China (from the river to the sea, indeed).

Laocoön of Troy Chuck in TX
7 hours ago
Glad you caught the Three Gorges Dam problem. It really is a war-loser for the People's Republic if it's taken down. The threat of famine over the next coupla years if it goes is all by itself a PRC killer. Their garrisoned waterlogged sandbars in the South China Sea can be made into quicksand with a MOAB...we don't even hafta go nuclear to sink them back into the ocean one at a time.