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“It’s not just about what President Xi says, but about how the Chinese behave and what they do,” says Admiral Michael Gilday.
The US Navy predicts when China will fulfill its intention to reunify with Taiwan
The possibility of Beijing launching a military operation to reunify Taiwan may be closer than Washington’s preliminary predictions, said the head of naval operations, Admiral Michael Gilday, during his speech at a meeting of the Atlantic Council on Wednesday. .
In the midst of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent statement that he does not rule out the possibility of the use of force on the Taiwan issue, Gilday was asked about the call ‘Davidson’s window’, a statement made at 2021 by the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Phil Davidson, about China being able to reunify Taiwan in the next 6 years.
“It is not just about what President Xi says, but about how the Chinese behave and what they do. What we have seen in recent 20 years is that they have fulfilled all the promises they made before what they said “, he declared. “When it comes to the window of the 2027, I think it should be a window of the 2022 or perhaps a window of the 2023. I can’t rule this out. I don’t mean to be alarmist at all by saying this, but we can’t rule it out,” he added.
These statements came after last Sunday, during the opening of the XX Congress of the Communist Party (PCC), the leader of the Asian giant reiterated the commitment of Beijing with the progress in the process of peaceful reunification with Taiwan, but did not completely rule out the possibility of the use of force.
“We will continue to fight for peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and maximum effort, but we will never promise to relinquish the use of force and reserve the option of taking all necessary measures,” Xi stressed, stressing that the Taiwan issue is Beijing’s internal affairs that must be resolved by the Chinese people.
