"He (Bill Burns) said on a couple of occassions: 'Our intelligence is that Xi Xianping has told his intelligence to be ready for war in 2027'. That's 2 years out. I think that might turn out to be wrong, because I think the perfect opportunity for this Taiwan crisis is sooner than that, it's about now."

Minute 38 of the interview with Sam Harris in episode 402 of the Making Sense Podcast.