Experts Say China is Poised to Enact Their “Anaconda Strategy” Against Taiwan

From the article: Experts Say China is Poised to Enact Their “Anaconda Strategy” Against Taiwan

According to some analysts, "Beijing is likely to employ what they call the Anaconda strategy, 'in which Beijing would likely use cyberwarfare and disinformation campaigns followed by a blockade or other measures to strangulate Taiwan, rather than attempting an invasion.'”

Though we can't rule out an actual Chinese invasion, especially if the United States is already preoccupied and overwhelmed with Ukraine and Russia and Iran and its proxies in the Middle East.... Or if an agreement was made behind closed doors that after a certain date (by which point America had ample time to build its own high end silicon chip manufacturing facilities) the U.S. would no longer intervene in an internal Chinese matter? Could that be in America's interest, to at most have a cold war with China, but avoid a hot war or WWIII with China (and Russia)? The wild card is not what will China do - they have repeatedly told the world they will be taking Taiwan - the wild card is how will the United States respond.

And no matter what that response may be, the article cited above argues: "Any Chinese invasion of Taiwan would rival the Allied landings on Normandy Beach during D-Day in WWII. Would it not be easier to simply surround the island, terrorize it, and choke it off until it capitulates, just as an Anaconda snake does to its helpless prey?"

I would argue there are pros and cons to both blockade and invasion. For what it's worth, American special forces are expecting the invasion. Maybe you caught the headline on September 11 US Navy Seal unit that killed Osama bin Laden trains for China invasion of Taiwan

As for timing, I concluded while researching my last book that September-October 2024 offers perhaps the best combination of opportunities China may ever have to resolve the Taiwan issue in their favor. I recently posted Bob Moriarty's warning that his intel suggests September 20-22 in particular.

"With China’s quasi-conquest of the South China Sea and their expansion into the East China Sea, it is obvious that Beijing’s strategists are taking the maritime passes into Taiwan for themselves. While there are economic reasons to seek dominance in those waterways.  There are also real strategic reasons for doing so, and they all redound to choking Taiwan off. The moment of absolute crisis is now. Taiwan is not ready. The West is distracted. China, on the other hand, is poised."

Whenever the Chinese takeover of Taiwan happens, you might want to understand what brought us to this point and what's likely to happen next. Read Dragon's Prey: Will China Invade Taiwan in 2024?

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