Blinken reiterates China's plan to "speed up" Taiwan reunification

The Chinese government made a decision some years ago to seek to "speed up" the reunification with Taiwan, including through the possible use of force, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a recent TV interview.The U.S. assessment of the timing of a potential attack by China against Taiwan has drawn renewed attention after Blinken said Monday, two days before the interview, that he believed Beijing was "determined to pursue reunification on a much faster timeline."In March last year, Adm. Philip Davidson, then chief of the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command, said China could try…READ FULL ARTICLE