Because they want a fight. They think they can win a s they are ready. Just like any bully, they want a flimsy excuse to start a fight.
“Because they want a fight. They think they can win a s they are ready. Just like any bully, they want a flimsy excuse to start a fight.”
No, they know they can’t win (or at least it would be a pyrrhic victory) right now. Otherwise, they already have the “flimsy excuse” that Taiwan is just a breakaway province.
What China really doesn’t want is a much improved Taiwanese defense. We can provide that, mainly with new/upgraded anti-aircraft and anti-ship missile systems.
If neither a amphibious or airborne assault on Taiwan will work, China can’t successfully invade.
IMO, eventually Taiwanese nukes will completely take invasion off the table.
At that point, all Taiwan will have to worry about is the other likely scenario - a US style takeover from within by communists! >:-[