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Taiwan: China's Ukraine?

Dan Snow's History Hit

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The Risks of Invading Taiwan

China has not made a revivable decision to invade Taiwan, but the risks of it doing so are rising. The big fear is that the Taiwanese always have it within them to suddenly declare independence. That would trigger every red light inside the Chinese Communist Party over in Beijing. China wants to retain the military ability to forcibly punish and stop Taiwan from declaring independence.

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