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East Asia Policy Institute Releases Threat Analysis for Future China – Taiwan Military Conflict

 East Asia Policy Institute today released a new report on the threat status of a China – Taiwan military conflict. The full report can be found online at the link below: https://www.eastasiapolicy.org/briefingsandreports/despite-the-hype-china-cant-afford-to-risk-a-military-conflict-with-taiwan-for-now. The report concludes that China’s use of military force against Taiwan would inevitably have devastating and long-lasting effects on China’s economy and doesn’t fall within the current leader Xi Jinping’s acceptable level of risk. According to the Weston Sedgwick, the report’s author: “It is important to remember that Xi Jinping and the CCP see Taiwan primarily as a threat to China’s legitimacy, not an opportunity to be seized. ... Read more