OPINION

Will China actually ever invade Taiwan?

Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 13/10/2021

» China's President Xi Jinping promised on Saturday that "The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland... will definitely be fulfilled." That was a threat to Taiwan, but a threat without a deadline. However Chinese state media, in the form of the ever-rabid Global Times, warned that war "could be triggered at any time".