Taiwan worries about Chicom invasion

 Washington Examiner:

China will try to establish military control of the Taiwan Strait before the 2024 elections in Taiwan and the United States, according to a senior Taiwanese official.

“After the 20th Party Congress, we believe that the CCP will attempt to alter the status quo in the Taiwan Strait,” Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council deputy minister, Chui Chui-Cheng, said Wednesday through an official interpreter. “For example, they would try to unify with Taiwan. The tactics that they would use include gray zone tactics, and they would try to create conflicts and therefore establish the new normal.”

Chui’s prediction raised the curtain on the message that the head of his agency will carry to Washington, D.C., next week amid a frenzy of military activity in the Taiwan Strait that has unfolded in the weeks since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited the island democracy. Chui’s team suspects that Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping will launch the relevant operations in the months after the party congress in October, which is expected to rubber-stamp a third term for the Chinese Communist Party chief.

“A presidential election might not necessarily impact the national defense capabilities of our countries, but we're making important decisions, [so] we might face some challenges and difficulties, and Beijing might see this as an opportunity to launch certain actions,” Chui told reporters. “We have always been preparing for the worst-case scenario. And I would like to urge the global democracies to remain united and stand together with Taiwan in the face of Chinese expansion.”

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Was this a response to Pelosi's visit or was that visit a response to Chicom threats?   I suspect this is like the Ukraine war a response to Biden's bugout of Afghanistan.

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