Want China Times
Date: 2015-05-10
By: CNA

Preparation for a Taiwan conflict with the possibility of US intervention

A PLA tank drill in Mingguang, Anhui province, Sept. 22, 2014. (File photo/CNS)

continues to dominate China’s military modernization program, according to an annual report on China’s military developments released Friday by the Pentagon.

“Alongside positive public statements about the Taiwan Strait situation from top leaders in China following the re-election of President Ma Ying-jeou in 2012, there have been no signs that China’s military posture opposite Taiwan has changed significantly,” the report said.

It said the Chinese military is capable of increasingly sophisticated military action against Taiwan.     [FULL  STORY]