SECURITY_ Congress warned of growing risk of war with China over Taiwan, urged to up defense posture now

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Congress warned of growing risk of war with China over Taiwan, urged to up defense posture now

Military delegates march ahead of the opening session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) more >

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Friday, May 16, 2025


The danger of war with China over Taiwan is increasing and the U.S. needs to be better prepared for the conflict, retired senior military officers and a former high-ranking diplomat told Congress.

Retired Army Gen. Charles Flynn, until last year the commander of U.S. Army Pacific forces, said the zero hour is fast approaching.

“The threat of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is no longer distant or theoretical,” he said. “The urgency to restore credible deterrence in the Indo-Pacific has never been greater.”

Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery testified that a conflict across the Taiwan Strait would draw devastating Chinese cyberattacks on critical U.S. infrastructure, along with economic and information warfare.

The former officers were joined by former Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, the Biden administration’s point man on China policy, who also warned that greater military and diplomatic steps are needed to prevent a conflict.

The warnings came during a hearing Thursday of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. The committee sought to determine what the U.S. needs to do better to deter a war, or fight and win if conflict breaks out.

Rep John Moolenaar, the Michigan Republican who chairs the committee, said China’s timeline of 2027 to be ready for a forced annexation of Taiwan was identified in 2021 by then-Indo-Pacific Command commander Adm. Philip Davidson and is known “2027 Davidson window.”

“This hearing today is not just another discussion about long-term competition with China,” Mr. Moolenaar said. “This is about a very real near-term threat in the narrowing window we have to prevent a catastrophic conflict in the Indo-Pacific.”

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