Former Japanese navy commander calls on Canada and West to prepare for Chinese invasion of Taiwan

Taiwanese artillery participate in live-fire drills in Pingtung, Taiwan on Aug. 9.LAM YIK FEI/The New York Times China is likely to invade Taiwan within five years unless Canada and other Western allies band together to send tough economic and military warnings to Beijing, says the former naval commander of Japan's Maritime Self Defence Force. Retired vice-admiral Toshiyuki Ito told The Globe and Mail that he believes President Xi Jinping is determined to gain control of self-governing Taiwan, and he will use the full might of China's military to do so. "Within five years, he will do something. He will use…