Taipei: The Morning After Annexation

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Chinese policy acknowledges that governing Taiwan after a forcible annexation would present greater challenges compared to Beijing's experiences in Tibet, Xinjiang, or Hong Kong. Post-unification administration has become a significant question in PRC strategic circles.

The Baseline and the Questions It Leaves Open A recent War on the Rocks article by Jude Blanchette and Richard McGregor captures what Chinese internal scholarship has quietly acknowledged for some time: Governing Taiwan after forcible seizure would be far harder than anything Beijing faced in Tibet, Xinjiang, or Hong Kong. Post-unification administration is now seen in PRC policy circles as a … Read more The post Taipei: The Morning After Annexation appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.