China lags in Taiwan invasion ambition and US needs to take advantage, expert says
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China has increased its investment not only in the military but in countries around the world to strengthen its ties and influence in various regions.
Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Wu speaks during an interview in Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 6, 2019. (Reuters/Fabian Hamacher) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian invites questions during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China, Nov. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng) Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video link to the opening ceremony of the Bo'ao Forum For Asia in Bo'ao in southern China's Hainan Province April 21, 2022. (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP) Special operation soldiers of the Chinese naval fleet for escort mission wave farewell on the deck at a port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Shan via Getty Images)
Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby on Friday addressed the 2027 timeline, painting a broad-strokes picture in which China needed to improve its offensive, power projection, access denial and other capabilities.
"They're trying to accumulate standoff capabilities to prevent other militaries, including the United States, from physical access to whatever territorial claims they might make," Kirby said. "So it's a combination of these kinds of capabilities that I think we're watching both offensive and access denial capabilities."