CCP Risks Losing Power If a Taiwan Invasion Fails, Says Ex-us Intelligence Officer

There are several ways in which the Chinese military could fail in a full-scale attack on Taiwan, and failure to seize the island could potentially threaten the Chinese Communist Party’s hold on power, according to a former intelligence officer. Lonnie Henley, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute with more than 40 years of experience as an intelligence officer and East Asia expert, explored the different challenges the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would face in a potential amphibious assault on Taiwan, in an article published by the U.S. Insitute of Peace on Nov. 5. The Chinese military could fail to seize Taiwan due to several reasons, Henley wrote, and an unsuccessful attack may have “dire consequences for China’s global standing” and pose “a severe threat to the CCP’s legitimacy and hold on power.”...