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Proposition 1: If Beijing and Taipei do not come to an agreement on unification by 2035, China will use military force to invade Taiwan.

FOR: James Fanell
(Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet)
Fellow
Geneva Centre for Security Policy

AGAINST: Timothy R. Heath
Senior International Defense Researcher
RAND Corporation

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