A blockade of Taiwan would last many months, if not years, and would likely succeed in crippling the island enough to allow pro-Beijing accommodationist elements to take power.
Some think the same may be said now about Taiwan starting a conflict with China that the U.S. and Russia will join leading to a catastrophic global war. The reasons? There are two wars in progress in ...
Many foreign policy analysts fear a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw the United States into a massively destructive and costly war with China. In the first half of the twentieth century ...