I get what you’re saying, and don’t get me wrong, I’m no tankie - I don’t have any interest in defending China. But, to be fair, in this world, especially with the US breathing down their necks, I feel like it would be irresponsible not to ensure that they’re prepared for a war with the US Empire, who would most likely use the islands around China as bases to launch attacks. Amphibious landings would also be needed in those cases.
I genuinely believe they don’t want to invade Taiwan. They’ve had many opportunities to do so. They allied with the KMT against the Japanese Empire before. China is quite a nationalist country, it seems quite self-evident to me that they would prefer to not kill Chinese people whenever it is an option.
I get what you’re saying, and don’t get me wrong, I’m no tankie - I don’t have any interest in defending China. But, to be fair, in this world, especially with the US breathing down their necks, I feel like it would be irresponsible not to ensure that they’re prepared for a war with the US Empire, who would most likely use the islands around China as bases to launch attacks. Amphibious landings would also be needed in those cases.
I genuinely believe they don’t want to invade Taiwan. They’ve had many opportunities to do so. They allied with the KMT against the Japanese Empire before. China is quite a nationalist country, it seems quite self-evident to me that they would prefer to not kill Chinese people whenever it is an option.