China Attacks - 2024: Early Release, Part I

by Chuck DeVore

China is growing increasingly bellicose. From massive practice runs for an invasion of Taiwan, to deadly encroachments on the sovereign territorial waters of the Philippines, to reckless encounters at sea and in the air aimed to intimidate American and Japanese forces operating in international waters and air space, it seems war might erupt at any moment.For decades China has been "hiding its strength and biding its time" as former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping counseled. No longer. Under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People's Republic of China has engaged in a massive naval, air, and missile build up while significantly expanding their nuclear arsenal.Yet, in some ways, China is weak. Xi Jinping's crackdown on business has so as to assert the CCP's dominance in all spheres of Chinese life, has harmed the economy and caused youth unemployment to soar. It seems China may not be able to have both guns and butter.This puts Xi in a corner. Does he back down and allow the economy to stir back to life, potentially losing face? Or does he lash out, looking for battlefield victories to stir China's national pride?Regardless, the world today is more chaotic and uncertain than it has been in decades. America is led by a president in cognitive decline. American institutions are in turmoil. Europe is focused on Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. America lost credibility with the bungled evacuation from Afghanistan while America's slow and incremental response in providing military aid to Ukraine signaled weakness. And the nations of the Indo-Pacific, alarmed at China's militant rise and its revanchist aims, look with uncertainty to America and wonder if they can trust the U.S. to have their back as China's demands escalate.In this environment, the smallest provocation may signal the start of the largest conflict the world has seen since World War Two.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 3, 2023

About the author

Chuck DeVore is the author of three books: "Crisis of the House Never United - a Novel of Early America," "The Texas Model: Prosperity in the Lone Star State and Lessons for America," and "China Attacks," a novel.

Praise of DeVore's latest book, "Crisis of the House Never United":

"The reader can tell that DeVore did his homework" - Daily Caller

"Burr (a satisfyingly well-developed character...)" - The Federalist

"This book works as an object lesson in the functionality and genius of our Constitution" - The Daily Signal

DeVore is a veteran of the U.S. Army and served as an intelligence officer. He retired as a lieutenant colonel.

DeVore has traveled extensively abroad, using his overseas observations in his writings.