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Hong Kong was very different than Taiwan would be. Taiwan will be a bloodbath as an armed, diehard anti-communist population fights to the death. And if China
by monero-xmr 2y ago
Hong Kong was very different than Taiwan would be. Taiwan will be a bloodbath as an armed, diehard anti-communist population fights to the death.
And if China just wants to blow it all to bits, what was the point? They want to dominate the country and its people, not own a smoldering ruin.
- actionfromafar 2y agoThat notion didn't stop Russia from scorching Ukraine, can't see why it would stop China.
- tim333 2y agoThe issue Russia does have with Ukraine is it has to keep it's ships and planes away from Ukrainian areas or they get shot down. That'd be a problem for invading Taiwan.
- cma 2y agoThere have been wargames where it has been simulated with China using its entire commercial fishing fleet as the amphibious assault force. It wouldn't be easily stoppable.
- aardvarkr 2y agoWhy and how would a fishing fleet be unstoppable? Why is that better than actual landing vehicles?
- nradov 2y agoIt's not better. But if China is willing to take enormous losses, then they can push a lot of troops across the Taiwan Strait in requisitioned civilian boats. Essentially the maritime equivalent of a human wave assault.
- tim333 2y agoI'm guessing Taiwan would only have so many anti-ship missiles so if you have more ships than that you wouldn't be able to get them all.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoRussia isn’t as smart as China.
- Apocryphon 2y agoNot being connected by land, thus having to force a naval invasion, is a big deterrent.
- markus_zhang 2y agoI doubt there would be any meaningful resistance, TBH.
- monero-xmr 2y agoI could not disagree harder. I know a decent number of Taiwanese people and their hatred of communists is like my ex-Soviet friends: very very deep
- BurningFrog 2y agoTaiwan is mostly the descendants of refugees from the 1949 Communist takeover!
- dougfelt 2y agoNo, most are descended from Taiwanese who were there before the mainlanders arrived.
- markus_zhang 2y agoI know many who work in the mainland. I don't really think there is going to be a war though, maybe a super short one. It is mostly the consequences that puts CCP on check. But maybe in a few years they won't care anymore.
- HWR_14 2y agoUnless its existence and defiance of China was a sore point. Then an uninhabited ruin might be appealing.