Xi undecided on whether to order Taiwan unification by 2027: Milley (www.scmp.com)

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[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Order the unification of another country?

Isn't that called invading?

You know, like how Russia wants to "unify" Ukraine.

[-] mikeboltonshair@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

3 day special military operation was already taken so they went with unification

[-] burntAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Unity is pretty rough when it includes war crimes and untold numbers of human beings dead.

[-] Rob@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I think China could use some realpolitik here. They have very little to gain by invading Taiwan, and a lot to lose. If they could change their policy and work towards a clean split, I doubt Taiwan would keep insisting that they’re the true China. And they would earn a lot of goodwill throughout the world.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

He wanted to last year, but his navy told him they needed 5 years minimum to be ready. His preparations before that helped nudge Putin into Ukraine.

The real number was 10 years, I wonder when the PLAN will break that to him, they need sustained and effective carrier ops first and they're just starting out.

[-] yogurt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

https://defense360.csis.org/bad-idea-conflating-chinese-military-modernization-goals-with-a-timeline-for-compelling-taiwan/

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