and Three Gorges Dam is a very tempting target.
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If Taiwan hit the 3 Gorges they would kill about 400 million people and receive Chinese nukes in repayment. Taiwan is not that stupid.
If you are the leadership in Taiwan, and the Chinese are attacking, what do you think the leadership’s chances are if they are taken alive?
The only good threat is one that you will actually do. And if the Chinese think Taiwan will knock out the damn, they will think twice about attacking.