Is Xi Jinping about to make China’s biggest ever mistake? Why invasion of ‘unsinkable fortress’ of Taiwan would fail

A CHINESE invasion of Taiwan would be an “existential gamble” and could go down in history as Beijing’s biggest ever mistake. From Taiwan’s resolute military to obvious attack signs, Xi Jinping would face huge challenges if he launched a full-scale assault on the “unsinkable fortress”, experts say. Advertisement Xi has been accused of being too scared of failure to attempt an invasion – as his reign over Beijing would almost certainly be over should he fail. Charlie Parton OBE, a former Brit diplomat who spent years working in China, told The Sun: “It would be an existential gamble on Taiwan….