EXCLUSIVE: US sees Chinese invasion of Taiwan unlikely next year despite 2027 timeline, sources say ↧ ↧ EXCLUSIVE: US sees Chinese invasion of Taiwan unlikely next year de... US officials believe a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2028 is increasingly unlikely despite Chinese President Xi Jinping's instructions for his military to be ready by 2027 to take the democratically governed island by ​force, if needed, people familiar with US thinking said.