[TigerLikesRooster]

I envision that, at some point, 10,000 Chinese fishing boats sail to the coast of Taiwan asking them to ‘join the motherland.’ Directed by Chinese regime, of course. Either this or something similar will be done. It would be a part of political campaign. They also have pro-China elements inside Taiwan. They will come out in full force. Building the political momentum both inside and outside Taiwan and creating maximum chaos. It is from a typical communist playbook, so Chinese regime will probably do the same.

Then it is time for PLA to move in.

[AdmSmith]

The Chinese have a long term strategy:

Mr Xi holds that China will remain permanently governed through a Leninist party controlling a one-party state. To suppose, as many in the west have, that China will gradually transform into something approaching a Singaporean or western-style democracy is the stuff of dreams.

Mr Xi outlines two grand objectives: from 2020-2035, China will become a “fully modern” economy and society; this to be followed by a further 15 years to 2050, when China’s quest for national wealth and power will come to fruition as it assumes great power status. This coincides with the centenary of the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949. By then, Mr Xi plans for China to have become “a global leader of composite national strength and international influence”.

https://www.ft.com/content/24eeae8a-b5a1-11e7-8007-554f9eaa90ba