With Chinese military drills lobbing missiles into the nearby sea and Chinese officials firing angry rhetorical fusillades, the potential for a full-scale China-Taiwan conflict has seemingly never been higher.
Following US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has conducted more than 100 sea and air crossings of the Taiwan Strait’s median line while the self-governing island’s official websites were bombarded by cyber-attacks – both seen as possible pre-emptive measures before a military attack.
“China has used the drills in its military playbook to prepare for the…