>>21401552That would be a strategic error for China. idk what's with the obsession Chiggers have with Taiwan. But supposing that Chigga wants Taiwan, I would bet money like this: China captures Taiwan with major costs and the US prolongs the war for as long as possible. The US incentives are easy to see: by prolonging the war, the MIC gets MASSIVE profits for years to come—in the EXACT same way the Ukraine-Russian war is happening. But the strategic goal, penned by the OSS (which was never disbanded), is to nip away at the Chinese demographics. This will be a China-Taiwan war, with Russia and the US as proxy puppet masters respectively. In this China-Taiwan war, it is the *Chinese* and the *Taiwanese* who will be dying for their lands. And as they battle it out, it is their youths that die, then middle-aged men, then soon enough, both will be scrapping the barrel for the 47 chromosomes, with Taiwan reaching that stage sooner than China. With a damaged demographics, it is hard to imagine rapid economic growth in China, especially when it absorbs a demolished Taiwan, all the while Americans eat Szechuan take out at their local Chinese restaurants, with a smile when the fortune cookie arrives.
I do suspect, however, that the China-Philippine war will happen before the Taiwan conflict... Even then, the US will simply supply the Philippines, the MIC profits, and the Chinese demographics decline either way.
>but muh chinese robots and manufacturingYes, the MIC would love to increase their supply to meet demand too.