US Taking Chinese Invasion of Taiwan 'More Seriously'

A new assessment determining that "all indications point to" China's People's Liberation Army meeting Beijing's goal of potentially invading Taiwan by 2027 signals that the U.S. is taking the possibility of war "more seriously," China experts say.

Adm. John Aquilino, head of the Indo-Pacific Command, recently told the Republican-led House Armed Services Committee that China's military will be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027.