7 Mar 2021

Richard McGregor: 'China doesn't want to have to invade Taiwan'

From Sunday Morning, 7:10 am on 7 March 2021

A number of big issues were addressed at the Two Sessions, the major event of the Chinese political calendar which opened during the week. Richard McGregor is a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute in Sydney. He looks at the big problems China's leader Xi Jinping is currently facing, including the problematic China-Taiwan divide, and China's new five-year plan.

Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) soldiers march past the Tian'anmen Rostrum during the military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, China, 3 September 2015.

Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) soldiers march past the Tian'anmen Rostrum during the military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, China, 3 September 2015. Photo: AFP