[SpokeshaveReturns]

Hey China...nice reservoir you have at 3 gorges...pity if someone dropped a bomb in the water behind it...and set to explode at about 200 ft down...hydro shock might put a hole in it.

[Wallace T.]

Like Israel, it would not be surprising if Taiwan had atomic weapons with the quiet acquiescence of the Reagan and Bush administrations. The Taiwan government may have their version of a “Samson option”, where they will take down their enemies in a suicide mission. Xi likely knows this and will probably use a naval blockade and other forms of economic pressure on Taiwan. Besides, the struggles Russia is having in connection with Ukraine, now compounded by struggles between former Soviet republics, has likely discouraged warharks in CCP ranks. Before the Communist conquest of China, the country was divided into warring factions. A major stumble in a war with Taiwan could lead to internal chaos within Red China