Taiwan has no natural resources for China. Attempting to take over Taiwan would be a Pyrrhic victory at best.
More likely a bad bloody nose when Taiwan launches missiles at the three gorges dam.
China wants to bully their way into the oil rights of Japan and the Philipp
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Taiwan has no natural resources for China.
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Taiwan has the most modern chip foundries in the world, is part of the line of control island chain china wants to dominate before moving further west, is a matter of face.
Taiwan knows, like all military people (unlike armchair generals with puffy chests who are fair weather patriots), that attacking the 3 gorges is an instant ticket to a full scale thermonuclear war and would not hurt or effect the CCP itself.
>>Taiwan has no natural resources for China. Attempting to take over Taiwan would be a Pyrrhic victory at best.<<
Taiwan is among the world leaders in manufacturing and more importantly, semiconductor technology exist in Taiwan that China is barred from possessing.
Don’t kid yourself, Taiwan is a huge prize for the communist.