Chinese military newspaper says decades of peace has affected combat readiness
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/05
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
A Chinese editorial about a ‘peace disease’ has revived fears of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2020. (By Associated Press)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – After a Chinese military newspaper published an editorial attacking a culture of “peace disease” at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), speculation has been mounting again that China might try to attack Taiwan in 2020.
The PLA Daily said Monday that the decades without a war since clashes with Vietnam in the late 1970s was threatening to undermine the Chinese military’s fighting capabilities.
The editorial said a pervasive “peace disease” would make China pay a heavy cost in the event of a war.
The most likely scene for a war would be Taiwan, which China has been threatening to annex with force for decades. The piece in the official military newspaper also rekindled earlier reports that China might seek to attack Taiwan in 2020, cable station Sanlih E-Television reported Thursday. [FULL STORY]
