Tensions around the Taiwan Strait are growing; the past months have seen People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ships and the China Coast Guard expand operations, including in Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone. Even as the so-called Davidson window closes – former head of US Pacific Command Philip S. Davidson had arrowed 2027 as the year by which China would acquire the capability to seize Taiwan by force – there is little to suggest that reunification has moved from being a long-term strategic goal for Beijing to becoming a specific, approaching deadline.
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