trying to dress up an invasion effort of robbing people who have known freedom for the past 70 years into "glorious purpose" or "revitalization of a country" is pathetic, cruel and meaningless. and lmao at the posters saying somehow china's justified because of chinese "psyche, history or culture", that sounds like some other dictator d**khead said recently when he decided to launch his country into a war that has bogged him down for 3 weeks now.
What you describe as pathetic, cruel and meaningless -- is seen by people on the other side as just, noble, and a correction of centuries of territorial, economic, military and political dismemberment that occurred from the actions of colonization and enforced through unjust military force.
Near the end of his term, Obama stated that the idea of "one China" and -- thus the political status of Taiwan -- is at the heart of China's conception of nationhood, and it was, and remains true. Trying to make the argument here that Taiwan should not be reunified, is the equivalent of coming here and trying to argue that the Opium war and the subsequent century and a half of economic, territorial, and political losses were things that China deserved. It is that level of affront which you are speaking unto.
regardless of what "most chinese" think, an overwhelming majority of taiwanese do not, and will not, accept CCP rule. and the fact that CCP has not yet dared to launch an major offensive of any kind, physical, political or economical, speak more to its simple inability to do such thing.
When different groups of people have strong views about things and when certain red lines are crossed, that is how war eventuates.
China would prefer to reunify with Taiwan in a peaceful manner, or at least to deter Taiwan from moving towards de jure independence. No one chooses to wage war without reason in an unprovoked manner, and China's red lines have yet to be crossed.
as of today's PLA overall conventional capability, it has no chance against an allied intervention when it comes to taking tw. and a defeat in tw would certainly mean the complete destruction of any meaningful PLAN and PLAAF forces, which would also at best turn china into a bigger NK or at worst, lead to the eventual collapse of the CCP.
It sounds like you yourself are making a very good case as to the importance of having a very potent nuclear deterrence.
i don't have to convince them anything, the people who believe that are sociopaths, period
I think your geopolitical views and perceptions of global historical righteousness might differ somewhat from most people here lol.
I regret the dogpiling that is going to ensue.