A top Republican in the US Congress said on Sunday the odds of conflict with China over Taiwan "are very high," after a US general caused consternation with a memo that warned the United States would fight China in the next two years.
US Representative Michael McCaul arrives at Trump Tower in New York, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/ Mike Segar/ File Photo
"I hope he is wrong...I think he is right though," Mike McCaul, the new chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the US House of Representatives, told Fox News Sunday. Both the United States and Taiwan will hold presidential elections in 2024, potentially creating an opportunity for China to take military action, Minihan wrote.
He accused the Democratic administration of President Joe Biden of projecting weakness, after the bungled pullout from Afghanistan, that could make war with China more likely.
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