Can China Invade Taiwan?

US courting India to counter China Terrorism.

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Originally posted by Taishyou
Don't forget him like Bush did eh

Or let Osama get away several times when you knew exactly where he was and what he'd done like Clinton did.

[edit on 4/17/2005 by centurion1211]

Well one can only wonder!

Good posts though.

As I said good posts!

Heres to more.

Chinas not stupied.if they want to take the island,they would play it like chess.they would hit so hard and fast by the time we would react the flag would be flying in the capital city.sure nukes will stop anyone,just dont under estamate the numbers of troops and how there children are made to hate and destroy the west from birth!:

tshank hit fast and hard?
Their objective is to take the island and reunite the mainland with he island not to destroy it.
They would still have to mass their forces near the border I don't care if they air drop them or land them by way of an amphibious assault their forces getting ready would be noticed by satellites. Not to mention they wont even attack unit Taiwan declares independence.

Wow, 91 pages and still going strong!!

Originally posted by Broadsword20068
Wow, 91 pages and still going strong!!

Yep. Most of it flaming and mudslinging.

Yes but there are some "tasty tit-bits" to it as well..

If you know what I mean!!
(Drew Carey)

Originally posted by bodebliss
US courting India to counter China Terrorism.

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India playing hop-scotch with allies..

India's non-aligned in the true sense of the word..
Or aligned with everyone even!!
We that most of India's old friends and new acquiantances are not to found of each other themselves..

There's Russia and more recently US, China, and Japan...
US with all its defence overtures as mentioned in the artilce quoted above.

China and India are involved in a patch-up process of sorts..
Presidential visits..Border resolutions.. economic ties..

And mostly recently, Infact in today's TOI.. Koizumi quoted on his state visit of India.. "I want to strongly emphasis that India has Japan as a friend in Asia"


My my.. doesn't India have an interesting friends circle here..
Almost like a soap opera!!


WE have Russia

Triangle diplomacy only works if the Chinese-Indian relationship deterioates quite significantly. This is unlikely to happen in the near future.

This old topic is so long-lived !It's no easy to get Taiwan back .It will take a long time .I think your assumptions are quite enough,too many is non-sense.

Time is on China's side. War won't ever happen in the strait. Its only a matter of time that Taiwan gets assimilated through political and economic terms. China would open the gate for imports and exports to and from Taiwan, they'll be addicted on the "China" drug and soon, half their economy would be dependant on China with a majority government thats pro re-integration.

But will the Chinese ever alow the PLAN to station ship there?

PLAN wants dominance in the west pacific and Taiwan is a thorn in it's side

who will china side with now that the north korean thing has gotten to the point where they might be testing nukes?


edit: they supply north korea with 70% of its food supply i heard

[edit on 7-5-2005 by imAMERICAN]

If North Korea does test a nuke I will not be supprised if China simply stops food and oil shipments into the country.

China does not want a nuclear korean peninsula as much as the next country.

IN fact the chinese admitted they don't trust the north koreans either. They are merely "tolerated", as a sort of buffer between US forces in south korea and the border.

However considering South Korea and China's increasing closeness and their opposition to japan's claims to gas and oil fields I can see China might feel more comfortable with a united, stable korea than the present situation

[edit on 7-5-2005 by Lucretius]

I don't know, I personally prefer China to liberate DPRK so that the nuclear threat is removed but the land area is not occupied by Americans. With good planning, CHina could have DPRK in a week, its a small country especially if you put large amounts of troops and tech in there. DPRK barely has any air support and its navy is a shame, cruise/ballistic missile their nuclear facilities and Kim's palace then the problem would be gone.

i dont think its in China's global interest to fortify their global image as a communist state - via the military occupation of North Korea.

Im sure a few more carrier groups will be deployed to the region if such an irrational and militaristic state rears its head.



American/western world deployment is defensive and dependent on hedging against future deployment. Any state has to remember its more about expectaions and threats than actual actions. The US rationally maintains a proactive self defense policy - post pearl harbout.....9/11......

[insert next kick in the arse/moment of weakness]


Speak softly but carry a big stick.

[edit on 7-5-2005 by Vanguard]

I'm sure America doesn't want to see DPRK into China's hands but China doesn't want to see DPRK in America's hands either.

China is no longer communist like in the 70s. China now is only communist by name but it is really capitalist by heart. We prefer to call ourselves "Socialists".

It is the constant a$$ kicking that America does around the world that makes millions more people hate America every year. It is only a matter of time until some big anti-america thing happens around the world. Say 2 decades of more American a$$ kicking and a object of ignition then you have WWIII on your hands.

Anti-American sentiment is self destructive - where would China be without America.

Its self defeating considering the downfall of america and the crowning of China as a global culture and innovation leader.