Tensions between China and Taiwan are rising. Beijing has long maintained Taiwan is a separatist province to be brought back into the fold, by force if necessary. Most nations, including the United States,

Amid continued saber-rattling from Beijing, everyday Chinese are more focused on bread-and-butter issues like the slowing economy, an analyst says.

It’s 2028, and U.S. intelligence services have assessed that the Chinese military is preparing a full-scale invasion of Taiwan to make good on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge to “ reunify ” the island with the mainland.