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China-Taiwan: Between Election Maneuvering And Dress Rehearsals For War

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Post date April 11, 2023

Army soldiers in January holding a Taiwanese flag during a drill simulating response to a Chinese attack. Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire

The Chinese military’s encirclement of Taiwan is above all a political move, not a tactical one. War is unlikely for now: Beijing still has other cards to play in the crisis. But if these fail, anything is possible.

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