After Beijing’s attempts to sway Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday failed, what’s next for the region? Will China’s communist regime actually carry out the threats that they have been making—namely, to invade Taiwan?
NTD spoke to retired Col. John Mills, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy and a former defense department director of cybersecurity policy, to find out more about what the election means for Taiwan—and for China’s communist regime.
“I think the stormy season starts about June, that’s when typhoon season [starts], about June to October,” said Mr. Mills. “So if China is going to pivot toward an overt military move, they really have to start executing their railway timetable now, meaning moving all the logistics, to the right place, the right port in the right time and the right sequence to load out all their ships, which is going to be very obvious, very messy. They’ve never done anything on this scale before.”
“We’re gonna see indicators quickly,” he said. “And so we should be very vigilant and concerned over the next immediate few months.”