Taiwan faces increased “grey zone conflict” threat: scholar

Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/08/2020
By: Emerson Lim

An aerial image of the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, sailing near Taiwan in April, 2020 / Photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense

Taipei, June 8 (CNA) Taiwan faces increased threats from Beijing through the expanded deployment of "gray zone conflict" tactics, a Taiwanese security analyst has said.

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]

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