History Question: Why Did China Never Invade Taiwan?
A tale of spy vs. spy.
by Ian Easton
Key point: The Nationalist forces that fled to Taiwan made counterintelligence a priority.
In the summer of 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and his Republic of China (ROC) government appeared doomed. Shanghai and Nanjing, then China’s capital city, had fallen to Mao Zedong's communist forces, and Chiang's units all over China were collapsing under the weight of mass attack and defections.
Southeastern China's harbors were clogged with ships ferrying ROC government officials, troops and treasure to Taiwan, the final redoubt of “Free China.†Soon, only a long string of offshore islands stretching from Zhoushan in the north down to Hainan in the south would be left under Chiang's control. It was at this pivotal moment in history that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) began planning the invasion of Taiwan.
From June 1949 to June 1950, PLA generals under Mao Zedong undertook intensive battle planning and preparations for what was to become the formative strategic challenge facing China’s new communist leadership. An unexpected turn of history kept Mao and his generals from putting their Taiwan invasion plan into action. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, and U.S. President Harry Truman swiftly decided to save South Korea’s friendly government, while also ordering the U.S. Seventh Fleet to prevent a possible Chinese invasion across the Taiwan Strait.
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Because they would have gotten their asses kicked up to their shoulders. Next!---------------------------
Our abandonment of Taiwan and favoritism of China is a real stain on the elite political intelligentsia of the last 50 years. I remember Trump was chastised because he mentioned it by name after the election.
China didn't invade because of a little organization known as "SEATO" would have handed them their asses.
That and a little body of water known as the Formosa Straight.
Like most South American and African craphole countries, China is now nationalizing foreign factories and driving all foreigners out of China. They are going to lose their global manufacturing status in a big way.
Only a fool would ever open a plant of any kind in China ever again, now that they have become fascistic isolationists.
When were they ever anything else?QuoteThey are not friendly, cooperative, or even concerned about the well being of the world at large.
China has Trump's America First policy X 1000. China is always first. China only cares about China. Nothing else matters.
Once again,when were they ever any different?
Other than maybe for that brief period when Marco Polo (I THINK that is who it was) went there to open trade routes with Europe. Which lasted for maybe 15 minutes.