China revisions to defense law push Beijing closer to war: scholar
China revisions to defense law push Beijing closer to war: scholar 01/17/2021 08:22 PM Beijing. CNA file photo Taipei, Jan. 17 (CNA) Beijing's recent amendments to its National Defense Law indicate that China has shifted its defense strategy to a more pre-emptive posture, making it more likely that it wages war, according to an expert with a government-funded think tank in Taiwan. The assessment was made in a paper by Lin Cheng-jung (林政榮), a visiting research fellow from Taiwan's military at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), that was posted on the institu...