The Butchers of Beijing would be smart to try to absorb Taiwan rather than invade. They can absorb by planting sympathetic agents in as many places as possible...including national,regional and local legislatures.
Beijing should just use their cash; they’re using it everywhere else.
Maybe for internal CCP reasons Xi finds “buying” Tawain too slow. I can’t see what is gained by a “wrecked” Tawain which it will be if they choose war.
I always thought that would be how the PRC would do it: a charm offensive that showed how much better off they would be with the mainland rather than tied to the US. I thought they might even offer up a trade: North Korean reunification with the south in exchange for Taiwan’s reunification with the mainland.
But China hasn’t tried to be “charming” since 2016. They seem to be on the bellicose tack for now.
“They can absorb by planting sympathetic agents in as many places as possible”
Just like here.
That sounds very Sun Tzu-ish. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve already done just that. So much for a “finest hour”.
The Butchers of Beijing would be smart to try to absorb Taiwan rather than invade. They can absorb by planting sympathetic agents in as many places as possible...including national,regional and local legislatures.
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That for sure has been their strategy in the U.S.
Trust me, the Chinese would much rather do it that way if they thought they could. Even if it took 100 years.
Of course they have already done that decades ago.
The sleepers have awakened.
My son’s mother-in-law is from Taiwan, but she reads newspapers from China.