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Tim Cook Warned by CIA That China Could Move on Taiwan by 2027 (www.macrumors.com)

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[–] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 1 points 9 minutes ago* (last edited 7 minutes ago)

This is just the "Davidson Window," which is based on a CIA report that Xi directed the PLA to be ready to take Taiwan by 2027. ADM Davidson took that and used it as a warning to the US military that China is ramping up their capabilities, and other officers, lawmakers, and intelligence folks ran with that until they started saying "China will invade Taiwan in 2027." Evidently, CEOs were briefed for some (probably stupid or corrupt) reason.

Personally, I think too many senior American leaders read into that report and Davidson's warning. Plus, most people who really know anything about China don't think that China will move kinetically against Taiwan around 2027.

Edit: Here's the Wikipedia article about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidson_window

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

What? Why? As in, why Tim Cook aka Tim Apple? I'm so confused, why are tech oligarchs getting CIA briefings? And this is normal?

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

The US is showing the future the 1% are pushing for humanity. Governments will no longer be elected politicians, but corporate CEOs.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

Veiled threats to motivate them to build chip factories in the US maybe?

[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If China's gonna do it they have a wide open window

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

China invading Taiwan would unify this world more than any one want, and they definitely don't want the world unified against them, besides they don't need Taiwan anymore, they have cracked uv lithography and will be a serious competitor soon enough, after that nobody will care about Taiwan and they can just take it without the US intervention or at least after the UD catches up as well.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 hours ago

They can move on Taiwan at any point now and in the future. So can nearly any geopolitical power. This headline is meaningless.