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Taiwan Should Prepare Against Possible Chinese Invasion, White House Official
Says

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   Taiwan should prepare to deter a Chinese invasion, White House national
   security adviser Robert O'Brien said Friday.

   "I think Taiwan needs to start looking at some asymmetric and
   anti-access area denial strategies and so on and really fortify itself
   in a manner that would deter the Chinese from any sort of amphibious
   invasion or even a gray zone operation against them," O'Brien said at
   an Aspen Institute event.

   A gray zone operation, he added, might include isolating the island
   economically. The term refers to coercive and provocative actions short
   of the use of military force.

   Some analysts say China could move against Taiwan should the U.S.
   presidential election result in political chaos, Reuters reported.

   China has maintained that Taiwan is part of China and that it should be
   reunited with the mainland, even by force.

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