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Will China Invade Taiwan by 2030?

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Global Guardian"Global Guardian thinks that the window for conflict or a blockade is now open, with that window most likely remaining open between 2024 and 2028."Jan 03, 2025

Globalguardian

Donald Trump“I think we’ll be just fine with China. China doesn’t want to do that [invade Taiwan].”Nov 08, 2025

Politico

Ely Ratner"I think they (the Chinese) have intention, but absolutely I think we can get to the end of this decade without them committing major aggression against Taiwan."Nov 03, 2025

Globalsecurity

Mark Milley"There's no indications or warnings of anything imminent [China attacking Taiwan] at this time."

Philip Davidson“Taiwan is clearly one of [China's] ambitions before that and I think the threat is manifest during this decade — in fact, in the next six years.”Mar 10, 2021

Taipei Times

Bates Gill"[T]he likelihood of more PRC threats and shows of force against Taiwan will continue to increase over the coming years."

Jessica Chen Weiss"Fears that China will soon invade Taiwan are overblown."Mar 21, 2023

Foreign Affairs

Metaculus"There is a 26% chance that China will launch a full-scale invasion of Taiwan by 2030."

Joseph Wu"2027 is a year we need to watch out."Jan 19, 2023

Taiwan

Lyle Goldstein"[T]here might indeed be some greater willingness by Beijing to coerce (or even invade) Taiwan during a Trump administration."

CounterPoint Global"China has zero interest to invade Taiwan and has never threatened to invade Taiwan."Nov 08, 2025

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Palmer Luckey"The idea is that anything we are working on, anything that we are investing in, needs to be built with the assumption that sometime in 2027, China is going to move on Taiwan."Oct 20, 2025

Business Insider

Charles Glaser"I wouldn't say war is likely in the next few years, but I wouldn't say it's unlikely over the next couple of decades."

Bonnie S. Glasera P.L.A. takeover of Taiwan is not inevitable nor, perhaps, even likely in the next few years."

Marco Rubio"An invasion of Taiwan could happen within this decade."

Minghao Zhao"Beijing's main goal is to deter Taiwan independence, rather than realize military reunification."

FischerKing"I can predict with certainty that China has no intention of invading Taiwan for the foreseeable future."Nov 08, 2025

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Csis"Such a framing offers an implicit deadline for PRC absorption of Taiwan by 2049."Jul 03, 2024

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Kerry Brown"While the dial is still some way from there being a real Taiwan crisis by 2027, it is edging a little bit closer as time goes on."Feb 26, 2025

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