US intelligence officials warn China is 'working hard' to be able to take over Taiwan militarily
CNN
The US intelligence community believes that China is actively attempting to build a military capable of taking over Taiwan -- even in the face of US support for the island, top US intelligence officials told Congress Tuesday.
The threat to Taiwan between now and 2030 is "acute," Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
"It's our view that (China is) working hard to effectively put themselves into a position in which their military is capable of taking Taiwan over our intervention," Haines said, declining to publicly provide further details on the intelligence community's timeline.
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