Concerns that Taiwan could face an imminent Chinese invasion have been stoked by recent comments by Admiral Philip Davidson and Admiral John Aquilino, the outgoing and incoming heads of the US Indo Pacific Command respectively...
Reports of a planned merger of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office with its Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Offices to form the “Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council” were later denied by China. But, either way, this does gesture towards recent acts by China which make it appear as though China seeks to streamline and make uniform its policies towards Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau...
China's constant bellyaching about Taiwan to the US or other western countries may prove counterproductive for attempts to reclaim Taiwan, seeing as through continual high-profile complaints about Taiwan, it risks coming off as petty and single-mindedly fixated on the issue of Taiwan...