The key points to know about the significance of Taiwan: Geography is still very significant. The potential for others to base aircraft and ships on Taiwan kee

The key points to know about the significance of Taiwan: Geography is still very significant. The potential for others to base aircraft and ships on Taiwan keeps China contained behind the South China Sea. Taiwan is a hard target for amphibious invasion, and amphibious invasions are hard to begin with. The seas around Taiwan are quite rough, and there are only two potential beaches for such a landing. The time frame friendly to such an operation is also quite limited. Basically, if China keeps on ramping up its blue water naval capabilities, some kind of confrontation is inevitable between the USA and China over the South China Sea and the US position as distant ally/hegemon to Korea, Japan, and other east Asian countries. China's Geographic Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8uWoBtCkg8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8uWoBtCkg8