Intelligence Brief: Is China Running out of Time To Invade Taiwan?

Intelligence Brief: Is China Running out of Time To Invade Taiwan?

Author: Decoding Geopolitics June 14, 2025 Duration: 9:22

The theory goes: China’s in decline, so if it ever wants to invade Taiwan, it has to do it soon.

But what if that theory depends on the wrong assumption?

And who does Beijing actually see as the declining power?


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