3 Ways China Could Strike Taiwan And What It Means For The U.S.

[Free Vulcan]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants to take Taiwan. Seizing Taiwan is integral to CCP’s objective of dominating the world.

Taiwan isn’t just an island — it’s a geopolitical tripwire, a small, highly-prized self-ruled island of 23 million with a prominent stone spine. Strategically, it anchors the First Island Chain, a natural barricade from Japan to the Philippines that keeps China’s Pacific dreams in a bottle. For Beijing, cracking Taiwan open means breaking free into blue water and dominating Asia’s rim.

For the U.S., letting it slip is a gut punch. China’s reach would stretch to Guam, and America’s Pacific shield would splinter. Further, its semiconductor plants, led by TSMC, pump out 90 percent of the world’s advanced chips, powering everything from smartphones to stealth fighters. Lose that, and the global economy chokes.

That’s why Taiwan is the hinge of any Chinese move in the South China Sea.

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/03/3-ways-china-could-strike-taiwan-and-what-it-means-for-the-u-s/

[MeganC]

Read Sun Tzu. If China looks like they want to strike Taiwan it's because they're going to strike elsewhere and Taiwan agitation is just a distraction.

[Free Vulcan]

Read Sun Tzu. If China looks like they want to strike Taiwan it's because they're going to strike elsewhere and Taiwan agitation is just a distraction.

urther, its semiconductor plants, led by TSMC, pump out 90 percent of the world’s advanced chips, powering everything from smartphones to stealth fighters.

If they own the chips, they own us. They well know the strategic value of Taiwan.

[MeganC]

If they own the chips, they own us. They well know the strategic value of Taiwan.

If China invades Taiwan they'll possess charred ruins at the best.

[Free Vulcan]

If China invades Taiwan they'll possess charred ruins at the best.

That's Hollywood blockbuster thinking. Bottom line is Taiwan will not want their manufacturing base destroyed and will strike a deal.

[MeganC]

That's Hollywood blockbuster thinking. Bottom line is Taiwan will not want their manufacturing base destroyed and will strike a deal.

It's so sad that you cannot imagine resisting tyranny.

[Free Vulcan]

It's so sad that you cannot imagine resisting tyranny.

You can save that broad brush sermon for church, because that's the only place it's got credibility.

[MeganC]

You can save that broad brush sermon for church, because that's the only place it's got credibility.

Sovereignty does not persist due to deals that negotiate it away.