I know this was posted before, but just for fun, roll it into a time machine
2022
Absolute Gem
“What we’ve seen over the past 20 years is that they have delivered on every promise they’ve made earlier than they said they were going to deliver on it,” Gilday said. “When we talk about the 2027 window, in my mind, that has to be a 2022 window or potentially a 2023 window; I can’t rule it out.”
Later in the article
On Saturday, Xi used a speech at the 20th Communist Party National Congress to vow Beijing would “never promise to renounce the use of force” to reunify with Taiwan, threatening to use “all measures necessary” to achieve it, but gave no projected timeframe.
Contradicted right in the same article
Blinken
Instead of sticking with the status quo that was established in a positive way, a fundamental decision [was made] that the status quo was no longer acceptable and that Beijing was determined to pursue reunification on a much faster timeline
1999
"No one explanation can adequately cover what they might be doing, but I think they're seriously considering taking action, even with our participation," he said.
If I changed the date to October 2022, would you notice?
So the PLA, which is probably 100x more capable than it was 20 years ago, hasn't done anything or suggested anything different for the past 20 years has disturbed the status quo?
Sadly, for the TI-people, nothing has changed for them either.
After so many years of hearing the same thing, I think this is where we are at (Just in time for Halloween)
If you are not familiar
Every year, Linus sits in a pumpkin patch (a place Linus believes is the most sincere and lacking in hypocrisy) on Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear. Invariably, the Great Pumpkin fails to turn up, but a humiliated yet undefeated Linus stubbornly vows to wait for him again the following Halloween.