First off, the top general is ACKNOWLEDGING that China WILL invade Taiwan. Big shift from “not going to because we’re going to live up to our treaties”.
Next off, China’s time to strike is, well, right about now. Rough guesstimate:
- one year to pull off the invasion completely
- one year to establish dominance and squelch opposition
- one year to normalize situational acceptance on the world stage.
Three years.
This is best done by taking advantage of the weakest President USA has ever had, leading the only country that has any interest & ability to defend Taiwan. If China is really clever, they’ll coordinate this with several other countries bent on domination, presenting the USA with prospect of a multi-front war none of which Democrats want to take on.
If planning to, China needs to make and complete this process before the USA electorate gets mass enough to assuredly elect a strong and motivated President keen on protecting Taiwan.
Now is their time: Biden is on the verge of collapsing, the heir apparent is incompetent and knows it, and internal strife will overwhelm issues concerning other side of the planet.
Won’t attack for two years? I give it about two months tops.
Taiwan is an island. The Chinese will blockade Taiwan and squeeze them into submission.