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Reported claim

“U.S. Department of Defense officials had flagged 2027 as a possible timeline for a Chinese attack on Taiwan in the previous year.”

high confidence 3 sources

Reported by 3 sources.

Sources

Hurriyet Daily News supports medium reliability
Last year U.S. officials at the Department of Defense had flagged 2027 as a possible timeline for an attack.
2026-03-20
Hurriyet Daily News supports medium reliability
Last year U.S. officials at the Department of Defense had flagged 2027 as a possible timeline for an attack.
2026-03-19
Hu Xijin (aggregated) supports medium reliability
Some US officials keep warning that "the Chinese mainland may attack Taiwan before 2027."
2023-04-08

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