Will China invade Taiwan?
What’s happened?
China has been sabre-rattling in the Taiwan Strait. Earlier this month 25 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwanese airspace, reportedly the biggest incursion on record. Chinese jets breached Taiwan’s air defence identification zone 380 times last year, forcing Taipei to spend US$900m scrambling fighter jets. The constant low-level pressure has proved so taxing on the island’s military that it says it will no longer send planes to meet every Chinese incursion. Concern is growing that this is a prelude to more serious conflict.
Why does China want to take Taiwan?
Democratic and self-governing,
