The Chinese leader Biden told China’s ambitions to control Taiwan were unchanged at a meeting meant to reduce tensions.

  • Deceptichum@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    No, they would very thoroughly lose. China’s in no condition to take on the US, let alone decouple its economy from the global community.

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      1 year ago

      “global” is turning out to be a small handful of countries, and the other block is actively securing the rest of the world into their influence

      • naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        I mean, I agree, but that doesn’t mean China could “win” in an offensive military action against Taiwan. Taiwan is literally a fortress and Taiwan/China cultural overlap is too significant to drive strong warmongering sentiment.

        An invasion is such a silly suggestion that it doesn’t even need consideration. At best, it would be a pyrrhic victory with millions dead on both sides and the island in ruins.

        The far more likely scenario is a blockade, sorry, “economic embargo” of Taiwan… Of course, Cuba is a clear example of how a blockade economic embargo doesn’t really work, so…