Taipei Times
Date: Nov 10, 2017
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Despite China’s military buildup, a war between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait could be prevented if the US helped beef up Taiwan’s defense capabilities, a visiting US academic said yesterday.
China’s “People’s Liberation Army [PLA] is thinking very hard of this mission, which is their principal one,” US think tank Project 2049 Institute analyst Ian Easton said at a forum in Taipei.
It is therefore important that Americans and Taiwanese see China’s growing military prowess as a serious threat and realize that there is no easy solution, he said.
There is no way to change Beijing’s desire to invade Taiwan, especially since Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) came to power, Easton said. [FULL STORY]