Xi Jinping has given instructions to the party army that he controls to be ready to attack Taiwan by 2027. The Chinese, we know, pretty much assume that the Americans would come to Taiwan's defense. So that means it war. I mean, you look at the military, they're building. It is obviously designed to take on not just Taiwan, but the U.S., Japan and that it's going to be much more than just seizing the island of Taiwan. They're clearly developing a global military,. Aircraft carriers, space satellites, nuclear-powered submarines, they're basing architecture in Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Pakistan, Equatorial Guinea - this is the future
UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Elbridge Colby, former advisor to President Trump and author of the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
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