The Silent War in the Taiwan Strait: Applying Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to the People’s Republic of China’s Strategy

24 May 2026
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Mehdi Salami
Drawing on the perspectives of Sun Tzu in The Art of War[1] this report analyzes the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) strategy regarding Taiwan as a contemporary case study of victory without direct warfare.
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