Most Taiwanese not worried Beijing will attack any time soon, polls suggest

Most people in Taiwan are not expecting an imminent war over the island despite high cross-strait tensions, surveys suggest – but it is a sentiment that risks complacency, according to analysts.

On Monday, 56 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fighter jets – the most in one day to date – entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ), following months of such flights. Two days later, Taiwanese Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng warned that Beijing would be “fully able” to invade the self-ruled island by 2025.