Taiwan Wants to Defend Itself Against China. Its Government is Making that Harder
Simon Whistler · July 10, 2026 · 19 min video · China & Indo-Pacific
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China is planning to invade Taiwan by 2027. That was the explosive headline across multiple outlets after an appearance by Admiral Philip Davidson.
In front of the Senate Armed Services Committee in March 2021, Davidson, who at the time was the head of the Indo-Pacific Command, the section of the US military that oversees the China theatre, are here that China's increased military spending suggested they were getting ready to achieve their military and geopolitical ambitions.
On top of that list, of course, was Taiwan. For Taiwan, this assessment was nothing new because China had never hidden its ambition to reunify the island with the mainland.
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