Attack by China unlikely before 2024, academic saysBy Chen Yu-fu and Jason Pan / Staff reportersChina would not attack Taiwan before 2024, as long as President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) does not push for de jure independence or moves to rely on foreign countries for security, an academic said yesterday. A group of academics take part in a seminar in Taipei yesterday to discuss the relationship between Taiwan, China and the US following this year’s US presidential election. “Xi did not talk about ‘one country, two systems’ nor warn against Taiwan independence,” he added. “Therefore, as long as President Tsai does not push for de jure independence, and avoids overreliance on foreign countries for security, then we are certain that China would not attack Taiwan before 2024,” he said. “Biden favors multilateralism, while he is against decoupling from China, so Taiwan need its own strategy, and cannot just follow US policy as before,” Chao said.

Source: Taipei Times November 05, 2020 15:56 UTC