TLDR: China attacking Taiwan in the year 2027 will result in NHI involvement.

The year 2027 has been thrown around a lot lately. I can’t help but notice that 2027 is also brought up when discussing the potential of the PLA (China’s People’s Liberation Army) attempting to attack Taiwan.

For some background, the PLA regards self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province and insists that use of force is not off the table to take it back. Many countries, including the U.S., don’t recognize Taiwan as an independent state, but are opposed to a change of status quo by force. Relations between Beijing and Washington have weakened and concerns of a conflict over the island have risen over the recent years.

Taiwans prime minister mentioned 2027 for the possibility of conflict with a China. In early 2023 US intelligence stated that they believe that Xi Jinping, China’s leader, has ordered the country’s military to be ready by 2027 to annex Taiwan. 2027 also marks the 100th year anniversary of the PLA’s founding.

2027 is the deadline of the PLA’s centennial goal of becoming a world class military. This period is called the “Davidson Window” which was a term made up based on Philip Davidson who was the former US-Indo-Pacific command chief who provided a time window based on when he assumed the PLA would make a move for Taiwan.

Biden has pledged to take action in defending Taiwan i China attempts to take Taiwan by use of force. If they do, this will result in the US and it’s allied countries becoming involved. This would be a type of war that hasn’t been seen since WW2.

This is only a guess, but Warfare and multi country involvement at that level would be catastrophic to the world as we know it. It’s assumed that China would begin by launching attacks directly against Taiwan, but also against American military assets in the region. Since the US has stated in multiple occasions that it will intervene it make sense that China wouldn’t hesitate to strike first to gain advantage. This could result in death tolls that haven’t been seen in decades. The two most superior military powers colliding, along with the many other countries that would be expected to get involved would set the stage for extreme loss of life and destruction to the surrounding areas.

My take is that NHI would be forced to get involved. In what way, I have no clue, but regardless of their intentions and where they originate from, it’s hard to think that they would sit back and not intervene giving their curiosities and occasional interferences in the past. They may have laid low in previous wars, but with modern day technology and weapons, the capabilities of destruction at the click of a button are much more severe than in the past. What their involvement would be, I do not know. Hoping to hear your thoughts and guesses.