What do you think will be China's response to Pelosi's Taiwan visit?

This thread is not to replace the "fourth Taiwan strait crisis" it is just to know the sentiment of members here. It is basically a kind of a bet.
I of course have voted for the first option, I'm 100% confident of it, the current waiting is called the calm before the storm. The storm will wipe out all separatists and the PRC flag will be hoisted in Taipei.

I'm going to assume Option 3 includes blockading Taiwan.

I would vote for the second option but the wording puts me off. I consider those exercises quite important and definitely not "just some symbolic exercises".

China should encourage ROC personnel to defect across the Strait. It would be a huge morale boost and PR victory.

lych470 said:

China should encourage ROC personnel to defect across the Strait. It would be a huge morale boost and PR victory.

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Like Octavian's generous message to the Roman Legions under Marc Anthony/Cleopatra in 55 BC Egypt:when he offered these legions an opportunity to "defect" back to Rome without any punishment(fearsome and brutal in Roman law) as only their leaders were to blame not the men, thus avoiding needless bloodshed and resentment and hatred later.I believe the Chinese civil war in 1945-1949 (and today!)had many examples of this.

Ringsword said:

Like Octavian's generous message to the Roman Legions under Marc Anthony/Cleopatra in 55 BC Egypt:when he offered these legions an opportunity to "defect" back to Rome without any punishment(fearsome and brutal in Roman law) as only their leaders were to blame not the men, thus avoiding needless bloodshed and resentment and hatred later.I believe the Chinese civil war in 1945-1949 (and today!)had many examples of this.

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I want to make one thing clear about my feeling about this possible soon-hopeful reunification with Mainland China-and TW:I want the Chinese Civil War to finally end fully and peacefully but perhaps forcefully wth NO brutality and unncessary bloodshed spilled of Chinese on either side with perhaps -"OneCountry-2Systems"etc political accommodation excluding the West and Japan(hands the f#ck -off)-with Taiwanese/Chinese sons.fathers,brothers,husbands can wear their uniform with some pride and honor and go home to their families and love ones without the hateful,bitter legacy of murder and atrocities (like 1927 murderous anti-Communist purge by CCS'S-KMT)to our own kith and kin.This will very much preclude vengeful actions like espionage and betrayal against a hateful murderous retribution against a defeated foe-let us all rise above that hate and let the dead bury the dead and give our enemies NO way in to foster betrayal and treason.

Blitzo said:

We already have a thread for this, so I will close it but it can be open to voting.

Edit: looks like locking the thread means voting will stop as well.

I will leave it open until next Monday, then close it afterwards.

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As promised, thread now locked. Continue further discussions in the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis thread.