As I have posted a ridiculous number of times, China would lose a massive number of sea going vessels and aircraft in their attempt on Taiwan. The Taiwanese have untold numbers of anti-ship and anti-air missiles, and the final CCP victory would give “Pyrrhic” a whole new meaning.
The successful attempt would kill so many Chinese men that riots would occur all over China.
"The successful attempt would kill so many Chinese men...For the ghouls that run China, that might be a feature, not a bug. For 25-54 age cohort, there are 1.07-males for every one female. For the 15-24 age cohort, it's even more lopsided with 1.17-males for every female.
They have a surplus of men. They could likely loose 10M or more men invading Taiwan and there would still be more men than women in the 15-54 cohort. Just sayin'.
“The successful attempt would kill so many Chinese men that riots would occur all over China.”
A direct result of China’s one child policy. Lose a single male, a family loses the only heir. Fecal matter will hit the fan.
They will land unopposed. Just watch, they will wait for the right political opportunity, get the right leader installed in Taiwan (as they did in America and Hong Kong) and then land as peacekeepers, or relief after a natural disaster, etc.
They will play this in a way that Taiwan doesn’t resist after President Kamala Harris tells Taiwan they are on their own.
One good sized nuclear weapon in the Taiwanese Straight would end it.