Wu’s warning comes as democratically ruled Taiwan heads towards a presidential election next year, while facing increased military and political pressure from China across the Taiwan Strait. READ MORE:
interview Wednesday, citing the island’s strategic importance for the semiconductor industry and global shipping lanes.
The consequences of a cross-strait conflict are largely commercial — more than 50 percent of the world’s shipping containers pass through the 180-kilometer wide waterway separating Taiwan from mainland China. As Taiwan gears up for January’s presidential election, Wu said the island was seeing a “more sophisticated” disinformation campaign to influence its 23 million-strong population.
The DPP administration is headed by President Tsai Ing-wen, who is in her final term in office and is hated by the Chinese leadership for her refusal to accept that Taiwan belongs to China. “ look around… and then realize Taiwan might be the next one. They look at the Chinese track record of threatening Taiwan,” he said, pointing to a much-cited timeline of 2027 as a possibility for a Chinese invasion.
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