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Would a nuclear-armed Taiwan deter China?

Would A Nuclear-Armed Taiwan Deter China?
24Dec
According to China expert Michael Pillsbury, author of The hundred-year marathon, the Chinese Communist Party intends to integrate Hong Kong and Taiwan back into China in time to achieve ‘Middle Kingdom’ status by 2049—the centennial of the CCP’s victory over the Guomindang in the Chinese civil war.
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China's Growing Nuclear Arsenal
06Nov
Fox News

China’s Growing Nuclear Arsenal

Michael Pillsbury appears on Fox and Friends to discuss China’s nuclear buildup. Source: https://www.hudson.org/arms-control-nonproliferation/china-growing-nuclear-arsenal-fox-news
India May Have To Prepare For A More Aggressive China As US-China Rivalry Intensifies
27Oct
Outlook India

India May Have To Prepare For A More Aggressive China As US-China Rivalry Intensifies

As Michael Pillsbury wrote in his book, The Hundred Years Marathon, this had always been the aim of  China’s leaders from the very beginning of the rapprochement with President  Nixon. But the Chinese had kept their ambitions secret, until now. Having become the number two economy of the world, with a well-equipped and sophisticated modern army and enough funds to launch an ambitious belt and road initiative to spread Chinese influence around the world, President Xi Jinping is ready to take on the task of making China the foremost world power.
Why Another Xi Jinping Term Might Be in U.S.’s Interest
19Oct
Wall Street Journal

Why Another Xi Jinping Term Might Be in U.S.’s Interest

This view is advanced by Michael Pillsbury in his book “The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower,” which was influential during the Trump administration, and by Rush Doshi in “The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order.” Mr. Doshi, a political scientist at Yale University, is now serving on President Biden’s National Security Council.