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Is the CCP Having Doubts About a Taiwan Invasion?

Is the CCP Having Doubts About a Taiwan Invasion?
A ship sails in the Taiwan Strait between the coast of Pingtan island (foreground), the closest point to Taiwan, and another island in China's southeast Fujian province on April 7, 2023. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Antonio Graceffo
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For over a decade, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been staring down Taiwan and the United States, but with Donald Trump poised to return to the White House, recent developments in China suggest that CCP leader Xi Jinping may have just blinked.

Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo
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Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.