An article published by Chinese website Sohu eight years ago has gone viral detailing future wars with Taiwan, India and Russia.
Beijing-based website Sohu, widely known for Chinese government propaganda,published an article in 2013 which serialised wars China would likely engage in from 2020 to 2060.
The Sohu report maintains the country would first go to war with Taiwan between 2020 and 2025 to “unify” it with the mainland while sending the Taiwan government an “ultimatum” in 2020. It describes war with Taiwan as a “three-month ordeal” without the US and Japan’s intervention.
China’s President Xi Jinping had earlier threatened Taiwan with “consequences” amid its growing closeness with the United States and the repeated arms sale by the US government to the island nation. Xi had said Taiwan could be unified with China by force “if necessary”. China has consistently maintained that Taiwan is a breakaway province and it would ultimately be unified with the country.
Disintegration of India?
The report openly suggests the Chinese could incite disintegration of India as a strategy and if it fails then it could provoke conditions for an India-Pakistan war over Kashmir and takeover Arunachal Pradesh when Indian forces are distracted with their neighbour.
The “reconquest” of Southern Tibet, a term Beijing uses to denote India’s Arunachal Pradesh that shares a border with Tibet. The article presents an analysis of potential military dealings that India would have with China’s adversaries like the US and Europe.
Other conquests
The South China Sea region is also on top of the Chinese agenda, according to the report. In 2025, after annexing Taiwan, China would seek to “reconquer” the Spratly Islands and send warnings to countries who claim the areas in the disputed territory.
The Sohu report also mentioned China’s ambitions in the Senkaku Islands with the start of the “fourth war” between 2040 to 2045 and conflict over Outer Mongolia from 2045 to 2050.
War with Russia.
Russia is seen by China as the final frontier in their quest for global hegemony.
In the end, China will finally go to war with Russia from 2055-2060, the report said and will reclaim lost territories. The report said PLA will be able to beat the Russian forces.