Western experts and military officials continue to issue dates for a prospective invasion of Taiwan. The latest such example is a claim by General Mike Minihan of the US Air Force that he believed a war would occur between the US and China over Taiwan in 2025, in a memo that was obtained by the media...
Admiral Michael Gilday, who heads US naval operations, recently raised eyebrows with comments at an Atlantic Council event suggesting that China’s timeline for an invasion of Taiwan could be shorter than the 2027 window previously suggested by now-retired Admiral Philip Davidson, who made comments suggesting that China might try to invade Taiwan in the next six years last year...
Will China be ready to invade Taiwan anytime soon? While an important question to ask, such assessments need to come from rational assessments founded upon detailed knowledge of China, not alarmism...