Article dated Feb 2001. I guess we can start expecting that attack any time now. Wouldn't be a bad time to try it, since we're a little busy, right now.
Yeah, as China knows by now they would get owned so hard if they tried any troop assault. All we would have to do is provide a bubble over taiwan with our cruisers, subs, destroyers, and China couldn't do jack but run away as everything they have gets sunk or shot down.