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Originally Posted by Manga1
China has been building up its navy for a while now. It has no choice. During the last confrontation with Taiwan the US sent 2 carrier fleets to make sure China didn't fuck around. Before China can take back Taiwan it needs to beef up its navy, which it has been doing. A map of Taiwan Strait will make things easier to understand:
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Not just that, but consider the landing at Normandy in World War 2. A Chinese invasion of Taiwan could very easily be the exact same thing. But if you consider the advances made in weapons since then, it has one of two possabilities.
1 - Ten times the number dead (not just from the increased number of people there) and a much longer fight.
2 - Much quicker.
I personally think it would be a combination, it would last longer, but has the potential to be much more costly in terms fo a body count.
The need for a navy goes beyond just controling the Taiwan Straight as well. Think about, obviously Taiwan is an island so troops need to be gotten there some how. And how are they supposed to combat the US, if we do get involved and they do strike back at us, without a navy? I personally think it would be a bad idea for China to try to engage both the US and Taiwan (if it ever came to that) unless they had backing from a country that had a strong navy. Even if they have more people than the US, those people can't do a whole hell of a lot if they can't get to the US.