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China’s Game Plan for a Taiwan Invasion Is Not a Secret
Two impressive sets of exercises by Beijing’s military, and reports that US officials think Taipei’s missile defenses are weak, make for a scary scenario.
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As increasing tensions between China and the US roil international relations, I am often asked a deceptively simple question: “What would a war over Taiwan look like?”
Frankly, we don’t have to guess much, because two recent sets of Chinese military exercises around the island gave us a pretty good idea of Beijing’s well-formulated battle plan.