How Would China Take Over Taiwan? One of These 5 Strategies Xi’s military has options ranging from stepped up coercion to an outright invasion of the island. 1️⃣ Xi’s preferred option is the one he’s pursuing right now: Coercion below the threshold of war. For years, the PLA has been ramping up aggressive activities — such as flying into Taiwan’s air-defense identification zone and barreling across the center line of the strait — designed to exhaust Taiwan’s military, reduce its physical space and create a sense that the island is unable to defend itself. Disinformation, cyberattacks and efforts to…
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