Xi’s Invasion Inevitable But Not Imminent

This past weekend, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began her highly anticipated trip to Asia. A Chinese nationalist’s tweet calling the People’s Liberation Army to shoot down Pelosi’s plane if she visits Taiwan had people speculating if World War III was about to happen. 

Such a reaction was overblown, but undoubtedly, Chinese strongman Xi Jinping is determined to take control of Taiwan. He is unlikely to do so at the moment, how …