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Much has been written lately on the likelihood of a large-scale invasion of Taiwan by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Xi Jinping is said to have told his military to be prepared for the possibility of invading Taiwan by 2027. This presentation, featured in a recent publication by the Naval War College on the prospects for a large-scale PLA assault on Taiwan, and presented by Christopher Yung, the Dean of the U.S. Marine Corps War College and a decades-old China military expert, discusses what we know about how the PLA Navy thinks about the conduct of a large scale amphibious assault of Taiwan. It discusses what the Chinese military has learned from U.S. military doctrine, specifically derived from lessons of the Second World War, and it explores how recent and emerging Chinese military doctrine is informing how the PLA Navy is thinking about the assault. Finally, the presentation discusses what we know about Chinese research on these subjects to determine how seriously the Chinese military is intent on overcoming challenges associated with such a difficult military task.

About the Speaker

Christopher D. Yung is the Dean of the Marine Corps War College. He helps run the Marine Corps’ Top Level Professional Military Education School. He was previously the Donald Bren Chair of Non-Western Strategic Thought and the Director of East Asian Studies at Marine Corps University. He taught at the Marine Corps War College, the School of Advanced Warfighting, the Command and Staff College, and the Expeditionary Warfare School. Dr. Yung is also an Adjunct Member of the Faculty at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He has taught classes on the Chinese Military and on the Chinese National Security System. Dr. Yung specializes in Chinese strategy, foreign policy, and the People's Liberation Army. He has published articles, chapters in books and reports and served as editor for publications on Chinese strategy. His most recent publication, “The Six Pillars of PLA Amphibious Doctrine” was published in Erickson, Andrew et al. eds, Chinese Amphibious Warfare: The Prospects for a Cross-Straits Invasion (Naval War College Press, 2024). Previously he was the Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs (CSCMA), Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University. He received both his Ph.D. and Master of Arts in International Relations from the ����ֱ�� University, School of Advanced International Studies.