11.08.2022_Edi

For almost a week, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army simulated an attack on Taiwan. On Wednesday, the military exercises came to an end – for the moment. Because the People’s Liberation Army announced that military exercises will become a regular occurrence in the future. A new white paper from Beijing also defines how the island should be conquered if necessary. US military experts from various think tanks have played out what this could look like. They simulated a hypothetical invasion by the Chinese for the year 2026. The computer calculations gave a result that, from an American perspective, was both hopeful and shocking, as Fabian Kretschmer writes.