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15-11-2023, 06:00 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to have the capability to conduct a successful invasion of Taiwan by 2027, according to a top Taiwanese security official, casting doubts on the progress of Beijing’s military modernization plans.
Taiwan will continue to delay the People’s Liberation Army’s invasion timetable by strengthening its defense capabilities, Wellington Koo, the head of the island’s National Security Council, said Monday at a briefing in Taipei.
“I don’t think it will happen in the near future or at least within one to two years,” Koo said of a Chinese invasion. “If China needs to carry out amphibious landing operations to take Taiwan, I don’t think it will have such capabilities by 2027.”
Koo declined to pinpoint when an attack could happen, saying only that the island that China claims as its own doesn’t see Beijing making invasion preparations. Beijing is already facing uncertainty next year from its own economic downturn, while the world must also deal with the U.S. election, and wars in Europe and the Middle East, he added.
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Taiwan will continue to delay the People’s Liberation Army’s invasion timetable by strengthening its defense capabilities, Wellington Koo, the head of the island’s National Security Council, said Monday at a briefing in Taipei.
“I don’t think it will happen in the near future or at least within one to two years,” Koo said of a Chinese invasion. “If China needs to carry out amphibious landing operations to take Taiwan, I don’t think it will have such capabilities by 2027.”
Koo declined to pinpoint when an attack could happen, saying only that the island that China claims as its own doesn’t see Beijing making invasion preparations. Beijing is already facing uncertainty next year from its own economic downturn, while the world must also deal with the U.S. election, and wars in Europe and the Middle East, he added.
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