China’s Taiwan Plan Might Involve a Blockade – Not an Invasion

CHINA – EASTERN THEATER COMMAND OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY HANDOUT’ – A screen grab captured from a video shows the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command launching large-scale joint military exercises around Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in China on May 24, 2024. (Photo by Wang Liping / PLA / China Military/Anadolu via Getty Images)

By Elaine Shannon

Elaine Shannon, contributing editor at The Cipher Brief, is a former correspondent for Time and Newsweek. Her latest book is Hunting LeRoux (Harper Collins, 2019).

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te, in his inaugural address last week, called on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to “cease their political and military intimidation against Taiwan” and “ensure the world is free from the fear of war.”  

Which prompted — more fears of war. And fears of market turmoil and a global economic crisis.    

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