does china have the spine to really take tiawan? ha! i mean, we all know they dont. and really, what would they gain?

[My Wife Hates CIV]

1st! china would not survive the trade hit. without the US they are worthless. thats a fact. without china the US would hurt... again trade. but not to the point of china. and over time - i am talking 2-3 years (and probably less than that). the US would only prosper. i would like to see this go down. yes, that is a messed up statement i just made. i understand. but forget MWHC... it will happen. it has to happen.

[The Mad Monk]

After following this guy's arguments, I'm gonna say NO.

Ignore the placard. It's starts with GDP vs. Insclusive Wealth (per the United Nations), and goes on from there.

[Berzerker]

why bother? its there for the taking if and when needed.

the only reason I can see is if the US does something stupid

[Geronimo]

China sees it's leverage keeps growing. They see they have a good thing going. I don't think they'll rock the boat with Taiwan unless someone else does first. They will continue to make preparations for a more lopsided victory if it ever happens however.

[The Mad Monk]

China's population is getting older, and the ratio of workers to retired is only going to get worse in the coming decades. Their economy is based on assembling products from high tech components procured from elsewhere, and once those components are in short supply -- as advanced microchips are becoming now -- they are many years away from producing their own. Environmentally they are becoming a basket case, and I'm not even talking about pollution, I'm talking about droughts.

[BeBMan]

If I was living in Taiwan I'd be wondering: do I have to learn to speak Chinese???

[My Wife Hates CIV]

[QUOTE=BeBMan;n9453518]If I was living in Taiwan I'd be wondering: do I have to learn to speak Chinese??? [/QUOn

i wonder sometimes what it takes to get banned here.... but i never do. so.... yeah...

[BeBMan]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Taiwan

[N35t0r]

I'm confused. I thought this thread was about Xi wanting to aggressively branch into NCAA football.

[PLATO]

Beijing is worried that one day all of China will be unified....and that the capital will be Taipei.

[Broken_Erika]

[BeBMan]

If there's some high profile US-China meeting to lower tensions (like the then cancelled Blinken visit) things could become a matter of "He said, Xi said"

[N35t0r]

(Padding to 10 chars)

[Geronimo]

For certain the western elites have conflicted interests with respect to the PRC

[My Wife Hates CIV]

For certain the western elites have conflicted interests with respect to the PRC

perhaps true. but people like yourself votes these for 'elites'.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

i must stop now. i see the off topic is mostly My Wife Hates CIV. at the same time Ming has threatened me to pull it back. i do respect. i did start drinking early. after all, i am very Distinguished.