https://taiwanstrait.com/tags/china-intentions/ Recent content in China Intentions on Taiwan Strait Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/xis-timeline-reading-chinese-intentions-from-statements-structures-and-force-development/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/xis-timeline-reading-chinese-intentions-from-statements-structures-and-force-development/ <p>The question of when — not whether — China might attempt military action against Taiwan has become the organizing analytical question of western Pacific security. It is asked because Chinese leaders, most explicitly Xi Jinping, have provided a series of statements and deadlines that create at least a public framework for reading Chinese intentions. That framework is ambiguous enough that analysts reach different conclusions from the same data, which is itself informative: ambiguity about the timeline is probably a feature of Chinese strategy rather than a gap in its communication.</p>