By WENDELL MINNICK
TAIPEI — In a marked departure from past efforts, the opposition party’s think tank, New Frontier Foundation, released a remarkable report on China’s military ambitions against Taiwan.
Foundation President Su Tseng-Chang, who also serves as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), released the “Defense Policy Blue Paper” on March 4.
“China’s Military Threats Against Taiwan in 2025” is the fifth in a series of “blue papers” produced by the DPP think tank on defense issues, but it is the first to produce substantive research on the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) modernization efforts and Chinese military programs aimed at waging a successful war to take the island. Past reports have been amateurish and disappointing.
York Chen, convener of the Foundation’s Defense Policy Advisory Committee, compiled and edited the paper. Chen said this paper took a more balanced view of the PLA with input from former Taiwan military officers, US analysts, and reports issues by the Ministry of National Defense (MINDEF).
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