Is Beijing’s 2027 military milestone now a US readiness deadline over Taiwan?

The preparations come despite a US intelligence assessment published in March that mainland Chinese leaders “do not currently plan” to attack Taiwan in 2027, “nor do they have a fixed timeline for achieving unification”.

General Ronald Clark, commander of US Army Pacific, said on Tuesday that 2027 remained a year by which “we need to be ready”, according to American military newspaper Stars and Stripes.