I don't really think that's true. I think Chinese national security is threatened by any concrete move towards independence and that will hinge upon whether the dial moves in that direction in upcoming elections or whether it swings to the KMT.
Ukraine joining nato is to Russia what Taiwan truly becoming owned by the US would be to China. I do believe they would invade for far less than declaring independence, the US would put missiles and potentially troops there before any declaration.
There's an unsubstantiated theory that Pelosi faked her COVID diagnosis earlier this year as a pretext for canceling her Taiwan trip. The idea is that China told the US that such a visit crossed their red line and threatened to shoot down the plane.
Guess we'll never know, but it seems somewhat plausible given that backchannels between US and Chinese militaries do exist.
I don't really think that's true. I think Chinese national security is threatened by any concrete move towards independence and that will hinge upon whether the dial moves in that direction in upcoming elections or whether it swings to the KMT.
Ukraine joining nato is to Russia what Taiwan truly becoming owned by the US would be to China. I do believe they would invade for far less than declaring independence, the US would put missiles and potentially troops there before any declaration.
There's an unsubstantiated theory that Pelosi faked her COVID diagnosis earlier this year as a pretext for canceling her Taiwan trip. The idea is that China told the US that such a visit crossed their red line and threatened to shoot down the plane.
Guess we'll never know, but it seems somewhat plausible given that backchannels between US and Chinese militaries do exist.
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