WASHINGTON, D.C.: A Chinese blockade on Taiwan would be a "monster risk" for Beijing and likely to fail, while a military invasion would be extremely difficult, senior Pentagon officials told the United States Congress on Tuesday.
Beijing claims the self-ruling democratic island as its territory, vowing to seize it one day, and officials in Washington — a key ally of Taipei — have cited 2027 as a possible timeline for an invasion.
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