Sam Olsen

Sam Olsen is the host of the States of Play substack and chief analyst at Sibylline, a consultancy firm

Will China blockade Taiwan?

Xi Jinping has made it very clear over the years that he is determined for China to reunite with Taiwan. He has staked his legacy and his legitimacy on it. The problem for Beijing is that the polls in Taiwan continually show that only one per cent of the population is in favour of reunification