do you guy think if taiwan "issue" happen PLA will "do things" similar as western/us/anti-china reddit sub often predict ?
such as : humane war avoid civilian harms , only target military target allow enemy use every dirty trick available to fight back and slow down PLA (just like what ukrainian did) buy time for US/west support ?
personally you can call me crazy and insane but im hoping china/pla will not do that
im in favor of do thing in brutal way for quick success : take the island for nuclear submarine base break 1st island chain
not people , infrastructure , semi conductor industry or anything else may cause the "process" slow down
personally i think having few milions of "could be traitor" hongkonger already enough for china to deal with , no point accept ~30 milion more
infrastructure and the need for people living on that island also doesn't matter , china can refill the population and rebuild all infrastructure in no time
If its just restart of civil war, China doesn't have a need to move very fast or use scorched earth tactics. But if we're talking a full scale US invasion into Taiwan, China will have no choices but to delete as much as they need to for PLA operational safety as US isn't an enemy they can fart around against.
A huge part of Chinese strategy against KMT is to evacuate/empty the province from civilians they can use as hostages.
People inside Taiwan can broadly be classified into 3 categories:
1. Loyalists. They will evacuate to the mainland before shooting starts and therefore be 100% safe.
2. Unclear loyalty. China can designate temporary refugee zones inside the province where they'll sit out until the PLA can pick them up.
3. "Civilian" occupiers. People who are not really Chinese, just pretending, and have affiliation with US/Japan other aggressor government. Their affiliation is made clear either by bearing arms and/or by not following government evacuation orders.
There's not so much room for dirty tricks they can pull. Sure they can try to take civilians as hostages, but such a move would cause huge turmoil, and probably complete anarchy as Beijing has its own undercover fighters inside Taiwan as well. KMT recuits from the locals and don't have high morale to begin with, they can most likely not carry out Hamas tactics on China.
IMHO that would actually depends if the AR and subsequent conflict against the u.s stays conventional
If the u.s commit solely in using conventional forces against PLA then China will respect the human rights of the Taiwanese people,
Not necessarily so, China will do what's needed to defend itself. If US troops successfully take huge ground inside Taiwan, there's no reason to believe China wouldn't scorch the whole place down to deny it's value to the invaders.
When the Japanese invaded in ww2, China destroyed dams which flooded 10 000s of invaders and local civilians as well. The land of China is ancient and steeped with the blood of both it's defenders and failed invaders. Taiwanese may be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice to halt enemy advance, not all of them will go happily or willingly offer, but the other option is to allow millions of Chinese to come under the occupation of genocidal invaders.
It is better to die like Russians surrounded by ISIS in Syria, airstrikes falling on you and the enemy alike, than to be killed and raped by invaders.
but if the u.s uses tactical nukes on PLA forces just like what they are preparing to do and when that happens and the Taiwanese people cheering on and supports the u.s in committing another Hiroshima against China, then all bets if off.
When you see PLA forces decimated by u.s tactical nukes I don't see public opinion in China will supports the PLA treating Taiwanese with kids gloves. And the scenario you describe above might well happen
Tactical nukes by US will be replied with by strategical nukes on US. Probably Hawaii or Guam. Or counterforce strike on mainland USA if tactical nukes go off inside mainland China. This is China's nuclear stance of not starting nuclear wars but ending them if they happen.
