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Mainland China wants Taiwan back since WW2, chip fabs are a bonus, maybe that is. The big problem of a Chinese invasion so is: the Taiwan straight. They have t
by hef19898 3y ago
Mainland China wants Taiwan back since WW2, chip fabs are a bonus, maybe that is.
The big problem of a Chinese invasion so is: the Taiwan straight. They have to get the invasion force across, that meens a lot of big, slow, fat transport vessels. Those are easily sunk, meaning not enough boots on the ground. Which leaves pounding Taiwan with missiles.
- Ygg2 3y agoChinese don't have to invade Taiwan to conquer it. They can take Kinmen isle without breaking a sweat. No one is crazy enough to go to war over it, and that might put Taiwan into panic mode. Another is to isolate it politically and create a soft blockade around it.
- hef19898 3y agoSoft blackade, that is pointless. And a hard one is basically an escalation to war (see: Cuban Missile Crisis). A country in, maybe, panic mode is not conquered. And if said island is strategically important enough, yes, people will go to war over it. And if it isn't, there is no real point beyond symbolism to take it in the first place.