What Happens If China Takes Taiwan?
If I were the CCP I would take Taiwan this year. The Biden Administration is the weakest since the Carter Administration, which leaves a 10-month window for China to take Taiwan. China would have enormous leverage over the U.S. were TSMC and related Taiwan-based companies to fall to Beijing. The U.S. is simply reaping what it has sowed by allowing its manufacturing base to leave the United States.
When would Beijing take Taiwan? Likely in the spring per military experts given that the winds along the waterway between China and Taiwan are most mild between around June.
Did China accelerate wheat purchases in recent weeks for the reasons articulated by the U.S. agriculture industry, or, is China stockpiling ahead of a forthcoming conflict in order to protect itself against retaliatory sanctions?
China knows the U.S. military is over-extended with various conflicts, including the Ukraine/Russia war, the Israel / Hamas / Iran proxy conflict, including the Houthis.
If China were to take Taiwan, would Iran ramp up its military proxy efforts against the U.S. in a pig pile on the U.S. strategy? It would be smart to stretch U.S. military resources as thinly as possible.
Was AT&T’s power outage last week a shot across the bow by China, or, is AT&T telling the truth about outages caused by expanding its network?
How would Beijing take Taiwan? It could be several hundred thousand soldiers on the beaches, or, some military experts suggest a quick strike approach where 10,000 military personnel - sleepers that are already in Taiwan - take the island in a series of quick strikes with air coverage provided by helicopters. This means that Chinese military personnel are in Taiwan and have been drilling for months.
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