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CCP’s Perceived ‘Window of Opportunity’ to Seize Taiwan Never Materialized

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CCP’s Perceived ‘Window of Opportunity’ to Seize Taiwan Never Materialized
U.S.-made CH-47SD Chinook helicopters fly a Taiwanese flag past a control tower at a military base in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on May 7, 2024. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
Alexander Liao
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Taking over Taiwan was a pledge that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping made to senior Party leaders in order to stay in power beyond two terms. But that pledge doesn’t seem likely to be kept.

With nearly four decades of journalism experience in Hong Kong, London, and the United States, Alexander Liao is an expert on China and world affairs. He currently hosts the Chinese-language Pinnacle View news analysis program on NTD, also available on YouTube and Ganjing World. Before joining The Epoch Times, he was a Hong Kong Bureau Chief for international media, an editor of various magazines, newspapers, and radio stations, and a columnist for top financial and current affairs newspapers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.