I believe Xi Jinping has said something to the effect of "Taiwan should be a part of China by the end of this decade," although I'm having a hard time pinning down the exact quote. Although it should also be noted that Xi also tends to emphasize his desire to see Taiwan unified peacefully rather than force, so it's difficult to assess with accuracy how likely China is to invade Taiwan to compel an unwilling unification.
As you say, 1% versus 6.5% is a level of precision that isn't helpful. The way I prefer to think of it is that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is sufficiently probable as to warrant making contingency plans for such an event, but not so probable as to warrant making active efforts to avoid Taiwan.
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by theironhammer on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @12:42PM
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"it's difficult to assess with accuracy how likely China is to invade Taiwan to compel an unwilling unification."
Taiwan is 30+Million people. I should imagine that would require a massive military undertaking.
I'm not trying to be [overly] pedantic but HN is littered with comments basically just making shit up in a language of confidence and precision.