Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis

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tankphobia

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What are you talking about? There will be no amphibious assault until Taiwanese defences have been completely destroyed. That will take weeks in the best scenario.

If the war starts, will anyone care whether Pelosi was shot down or landed?

As I said earlier, it makes no difference whether Pelosi lands or is shot down. If I were Xi would guarantee the American side a courtesy and assure Pelosi wouldnt be shot down if American fighter pilots don't enter Chinese airspace. As fun as it would be to see a modern dogfight, it would be pointless.

Now it's time for war. Pelosi wanted to be part of history, she gets to be front seat with nowhere to run to. The only way she leaves Taiwan is through CPR custody or a body bag.

I wonder how the Taiwanese people feel once they realise what she's done to them. She will probably need PLA protection pretty soon.
Like I've said previously in this thread, the Chinese foreign ministry has played this dire warning card over and over in the last few years to the point that the US has just straight up ignored it this time around. Is not the fact that she is landing that's the main issue, it's that the US has disregarded multiple last ditch warnings from low level military intelligence all the way up to President Xi's personal warning. If all that eventuates is again stern warnings then who will respect the One China policy?

They needed to meaningfully escalate to deter the US, this might mean landing ships in the water, carrier battle groups moving closer, large air patrols crossing the median line, but none of those eventuated.
 

siegecrossbow

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what if China don't do anything. sorry to say this, it will be a tight slap on the face of CPC.

missing Mao

They'll probably do stuff like close embassy and dispel diplomats, which is fine. But the main issue is that they made a huge fuss about using force but didn't carry through with it. Like with Doklam, this is going to lead to bloodshed years down the road. Mark my words.
 
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