Chinese Regime Will Likely Ramp Up Taiwan Coercion After Trump–Xi Summit: Analysts

Taiwan is the ‘most important issue’ in U.S.–China relations, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said during talks with Trump last week.

A man walks past Taiwanese flags on Democracy Boulevard at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 15, 2024. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will intensify cognitive warfare, gray-zone operations, and infiltration campaigns following the U.S.–China summit in pursuit of its goal of annexing Taiwan, analysts warn.

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on May 17 that Taiwan is a sovereign democratic country with no “Taiwan independence” issue.