Face The Nation(@FaceTheNation):Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the chances of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan are “pretty low,” over the next several years, “partly because Xi has other options open to him that involve far less risk.” “I don't think they want to go in and attack Taiwan. They don't want to destroy the very chip factories they want to take over,” Gates told @margbrennan, adding China could impose a blockade or quarantine around the island “anytime they wanted.”

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2026.05.17 17:22

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the chances of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan are “pretty low,” over the next several years, “partly because Xi has other options open to him that involve far less risk.” “I don't think they want to go in and attack Taiwan. They don't want to destroy the very chip factories they want to take over,” Gates told @margbrennan, adding China could impose a blockade or quarantine around the island “anytime they wanted.”