China is increasing plans for military, economic and political warfare against Taiwan and the U.S. government needs to step up preparations and planning to respond to a future war across the Taiwan Strait, according to a new report by a congressional China commission.
The report from the bipartisan panel argues that China under President Xi Jinping this year has “adopted a significantly more aggressive stance toward Taiwan, ramping up displays of military force in addition to diplomatic and economic coercion.”
Beijing’s leaders also are drawing lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine, with an eye toward the forcible unification of Taiwan with the mainland.