Concerns grow over China's Taiwan plans
Posted By: Dreadnought, 6/12/2021 11:16:30 PM
Concerns are growing in Washington over the possibility that China could try to invade Taiwan in the next few years. Top U.S. military officers have warned in recent months that Beijing might try to make the explosive move this decade, and recent saber rattling, including a Chinese military amphibious landing exercise near the island, is further raising the alarm. Still, the Pentagon's top general cautioned Thursday that China would find an invasion of Taiwan to be "an extraordinarily complex and difficult operation."
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Concerns grow over China's Taiwan plans
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Concerns are growing in Washington over the possibility that China could try to invade Taiwan in the next few years. Top U.S. military officers have warned in recent months that Beijing might try to make the explosive move this decade, and recent saber rattling, including a Chinese military amphibious landing exercise near the island, is further raising the alarm.
Still, the Pentagon's top general cautioned Thursday that China would find an invasion of Taiwan to be "an extraordinarily complex and difficult operation."
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