Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/08/2020
By: Emerson Lim
Using this approach, Beijing wants to apply "extreme pressure" on Taiwan through non-peaceful means that are short of a conventional war, said William Chung (鍾志東) of the government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR).
Beijing is also attempting to unilaterally change the cross-Taiwan Strait status quo as part of its preparations for "reunification," he argued.
Chung made the observation in a paper titled "The Cross-Strait Grey Zone Conflict and Taiwan's Security," published on June 5 in the latest issue of the INDSR's Defense Situation. [FULL STORY]