Three Weeks to Win: Why Xi’s Taiwan Invasion Was Always a Race Against the Clock

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping admitted in late 2027 to the Politburo Standing Committee that unification with Taiwan would not be achieved by force this year after a failed invasion. This marks a significant shift in strategy and signals a pause in military conflict prospects.

Xi Jinping has always told the world he wanted to annex Taiwan peacefully. He lied. Now, in late 2027, after a failed invasion, he stands before the Politburo Standing Committee and says words no Chinese Communist Party general secretary has ever uttered about a war he launched: unification will not come by force this year. He calls it a pause. … Read more The post Three Weeks to Win: Why Xi’s Taiwan Invasion Was Always a Race Against the Clock appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.