China doesn’t mind massive losses of life.
Taiwan needs to copy the Swiss, or at least, what the Swiss used to do. Send every discharged Army conscript home with his rifle, a gun locker, and 100 rounds of ammo. Bring them back locally once a year for a day of updates, practice and bbq.
Facing 1 million armed Taiwanese citizens would make even the most bloodthirsty Chinese communist think twice, and guarantee Taiwan independence.
It’s only a matter of time, unless the Chinese government falls beforehand.
CNN with a legitimate news story??? How did this get past Jeff Zucker?
The Chinese are waiting & hoping for Biden to be elected. Then they can make a move
Well, they do have a lot of excess males, for some reason,
got to do something with them, or they get... restless
One thing that is China’s achilles heal is the 3 Gorges Dam. There is massive flooding in China right now and there are cracks forming in the Dam. If that goes, it would wipe out a large portion of their agriculture. Taiwan has cruise missles that can reach that dam. If China invades, I am sure that would be a number one target. Not only would it destroy their “bread basket”, but it would tie up many troops in relief efforts.
Million Man Swim ?
If I were a Chinese general I would first hit Tiawan with a massive barrage of neutron-tipped cruise missiles and EMP weapons that would wipe out Taiwanese manpower and degrade their electronics. It could go on for a day or so. Then use overwhelming force to gain air superiority. After that the Chinese could commandeer all manner of fishing boats and other civilian craft to move soldiers in to the beaches — think Dunkirk in reverse.
If the US does not intervene, ie if we were distracted by civil unrest or natural disaster as another poster listed, it would work.
In fact, I believe the Chinese military already has several plans like this ready to implement should the US be distracted. Just waiting for the right moment. Sort of like the protests in the US that were “spontaneous” once the George Floyd incident took place.
That's not true. There were active hostilities throughout the 1950's. The occasional artillery bombardment of the Taiwanese island of Kinmen occurred for many decades afterwards.
SOURCE: [Fake news] CNN
That’s all you need to know
China doesn’t need to invade the island. All China has to do is create a blockade, cutting off food, oil and other shipments.