Book based on internal documents says Beijing’s invasion plan would trigger U.S.-China conflict
The Washington Free Beacon
Date: October 3, 2017
BY: Bill Gertz
China has drawn up secret military plans to take over the island of Taiwan by 2020,
In this picture taken on September 13, 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People during a welcome ceremony for Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (not seen) in Beijing.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, 64, is expected to be given a second five-year term as the powerful general secretary of the Communist Party at its 19th congress on October 18. / AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)
an action that would likely lead to a larger U.S.-China conventional or nuclear war, according to newly-disclosed internal Chinese military documents.
The secret war plan drawn up by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the Chinese Communist Party’s armed forces, calls for massive missile attacks on the island, along with a naval and air blockade that is followed by amphibious beach landing assaults using up to 400,000 troops.
The plans and operations are outlined in a new book published this week, The Chinese Invasion Threat by Ian Easton, a China affairs analyst with the Project 2049 Institute, a think tank.
The danger of a Taiwan conflict has grown in recent years even as current tensions between Washington and Beijing are mainly the result of U.S. opposition to Chinese militarization in the South China Sea and China’s covert support of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. [FULL STORY]
