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Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping has a military option for attempting to subjugate Taiwan that U.S. strategists have neglected, former officials and American analysts fear. “They’ve got two choices: invasion or blockade. And if the invasion fails, the blockade is a fallback option,” Foreign Policy Research Institute senior fellow Lonnie Henley, a retired intelligence officer who specializes in China issues, told the Washington Examiner. “The advantage of a blockade is there’s not much we can do about it. The disadvantage is it takes a long time to achieve its effects. Starving people out is a slow process.” NOBODY HAD A...