• China’s military received instructions to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan by 2027, CIA Director William Burns revealed this week.
• “We know as a matter of intelligence he has instructed the People’s Liberation Army to be ready by 2027 to conduct a successful invasion,” Burns said in Fox News. The CIA chief made the remark at a Georgetown University event Thursday, where he warned listeners not to “underestimate President Xi’s ambitions with regard to Taiwan.”
  A recent prediction shared by U.S. Air Force General Mike Minihan has the U.S. face-to-face with China in 2025, according to a memo distributed to subordinates on January 27. The four-star general instructed officers to undertake preparations for the likelihood of war with China.

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