The Center for Strategic and International Studies published a war game which assumed that China would send 20,000 soldiers in boats to the Taiwanese coast. "I think that scenario is actually extremely unrealistic," says Peter Bergen. Much more likely is that China would use its combination of Navy, missile forces and Air Force to blockade Taiwan and try to starve Taiwan in a submission., he adds.
The Chinese military conducted military exercises around the island of Taiwan last week after a group of bipartisan lawmakers met with Taiwan’s president. How likely is China to invade Taiwan? What would that invasion consist of? And how would the U.S. react? We pose these questions to Deputy Editor of the Asia Times, and Claremont Fellow David Goldman. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.
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