My question to China is, “why”? Why attack Taiwan?
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Look at a map. In a war China’s Navy would be bottled up in their ports. They have no clear access to the the Pacific Ocean without being at risk from land based aircraft.
It is not the United States that is protecting Taiwan, it is the other nations in the region.
Australia, the Philippine, South Korea, Japan, Viet Nam, Malaysia and India are all potential enemies of China.
Also, China has the same problem Russia has, corruption in their military. Everyone from top to bottom is skimming a little out of the military budget and reporting to the top that everything is just fine.
Last, Ukraine is showing just how difficult it is to invade another nation that is prepared and have the weapons to defend themselves. And unlike Russia, the Chinese would have to move troops and supplies crossed a well guarded body of water.
This would be a very very difficult Island to take because of the geography. Unless the nuke the entire island