[Dr. Marten]

"what happens IF Beijing decides to use a neutron or other atomic set of weapons against Taiwan."

I know that China has said it will take Taiwan at any cost, but I do not believe that they would use nuclear weapons to do so as that would defeat their purpose and the people on the mainland would not even support such actions.

[Quix]

I believe that the masses on the Mainland would not approve any more than they approved Tienanmen.

However, an alarming number of them for some time believed the Mainland's tales on Tienanmen and tried justifying the deaths up one side and down the other.

I think the particular contingencies at the time may be very critical regarding how much the masses tolerate destruction of Taiwan or not.

There used to be jokes that Mainland PLA personnel would rush to attack Taiwan and once there, change clothes and turn around and defend Taiwan. But that was when Taiwan was the rich place and Manland areas poverty ridden. The tables have turned somewhat.

[XBob]

4 & 9 - "The other issue is--what happens IF Beijing decides to use a neutron or other atomic set of weapons against Taiwan. They are not exactly above that in 'morality.' "


Youall skipped over a very important point: "The problem was that the Japanese had dug themselves so far into the mountain and underground that the bombing scarcely touched them."

Think - Chyanne Mountain is tiny.