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China-Taiwan Weekly Update
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Authors: Nils Peterson of the Institute for the Study of War
Editors: [Dan Blumenthal](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015UyIzk0aR2ke9co0uVH7UqCZhE-7qsI2GDph3qZadG6VUBmY_xjwBrmQef3G08FYXx31bUu9YfI6zNOPVk11ovomJKqziBHv6IGY7kfisJf_V36ueRHFjeCEzjbFwg6H7XFeS4yiZjR2wSxEwCEetOgTQIkyM-8qFhiTCzXqeIGEJ2jk3KxJMw==&c=d8lLBq1yAulxCtV3CpPXdCsxIOMQdfTbRJT8RfySOnaR2kkLhVn9eg==&ch=OCFS1DbGho6xRxpTeGM9KGVLfphj_HZ3_BaTVSM3P4P5U4mTVZQa6A==) and [Frederick W. Kagan](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015UyIzk0aR2ke9co0uVH7UqCZhE-7qsI2GDph3qZadG6VUBmY_xjwBqq2jmyqD6X8W9OirbBD_D3KpN777roXL3Je5crH8lOIQrdYfVHYcfyKngI-FGmhPx4cxxEGRgWhGm5kqBKtgTF_j8IlQKbXApgWaKGHICbvg2TXqIJ6v3WxDYLNB8hyzQ==&c=d8lLBq1yAulxCtV3CpPXdCsxIOMQdfTbRJT8RfySOnaR2kkLhVn9eg==&ch=OCFS1DbGho6xRxpTeGM9KGVLfphj_HZ3_BaTVSM3P4P5U4mTVZQa6A==) of the American Enterprise Institute
Data Cutoff: July 4 at 9AM ET
The China–Taiwan Weekly Update focuses on Chinese Communist Party paths to controlling Taiwan and relevant cross–Taiwan Strait developments.
Key Takeaways
– KMT presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih stated his intent to stop the extension of mandatory military service to one year, likely exacerbating existing CCP leverage points targeting the DPP under the dominant but contested “war versus peace” election narrative.
– The CCP publicly qualifies comments from Chinese Ambassador to the European Union Fu Cong about Ukraine reclaiming its 1991 borders and is unlikely to replace Fu Cong.