Is President Xi Too Focused On A Key Party Congress For Any Attack On Taiwan?

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has appointed a task force to monitor the Ukraine situation and evaluate its security impact on the democratically ruled island, which is claimedby Beijing but receives military support from the US.

Times of India/Bloomberg: Taiwan sees China's Xi as too focused on party reshuffle for any attack

TAIPEI: Taiwan believes Xi Jinping is too focused on a key party meeting to extend his tenure as China’s leader to take military action now, regardless of what happens between Russia and Ukraine, according to two senior officials involved in security issues in Taipei.

The Taiwanese government has assessed the current risk of a Chinese attack to be low, even if the US were to be distracted by a war in Eastern Europe, according to the officials, who asked not to be named because they weren’t authorized to discuss security matters publicly.

Communist Party leaders were prioritizing domestic stability ahead of a twice-a-decade congress and wouldn’t take any action that could jeopardize Xi’s efforts to secure a third term, the officials say.

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WNU Editor: The Chinese 19th Party Congress is going to be held on November later this year.