A Canadian warship has at least 3 encounters with Chinese ships as it patrols contested waters
A Canadian warship has at least 3 encounters with Chinese ships as it patrols contested waters
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Why are we even provoking China on Taiwan? Which idiot in Canadian leadership actually thinks China has the capability or desire to capture Taiwan? The best China could do is blockade and starve Taiwan out, but it's pretty much fucking impossible to invade.
Fuck, Taiwan and China were on positively friendly diplomatic terms up until 2016.
Capability? China has the world's largest military. They have the largest Naval fleet. China is and has been an expansionist power through its history. Their current aim is to restore Chinese pride and put China at its rightful place as the center of the universe. Any part they claim as theirs they are using those military assets to assert their claim, like the islands in Southeast Asian waters far away from their shores. This is the same attitude that allowed Russia to invade Ukraine twice.
Have you seen Taiwan? It's the world's largest floating ship. Nevermind that Taiwan also claims and is enforcing their claims on islands in Southeast Asian waters... oh look, Taiwan and Mainland China claim the exact same islands! Odd.
A large-scale naval landing is an immensely complicated logistical exercise even on relatively flat land like in Normandy. Imagine what it would be like on Taiwan?
Plus, China has simply projected no hard power away from its immediate vicinity. How exactly do you propose China would become the center of the universe without an aircraft carrier that can actually operate outside of Chinese waters?