Forgotten Formosan fortifications - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
An invasion of Taiwan would likely be hard fought and very costly — something that US military commanders knew 80 years ago.
An invasion of Taiwan could be costly for China despite a military imbalance, given the island's geographic features and decades of defensive preparations.
In one way or another, contemporary Taiwan has been a matter of significance to the U.S. government for the last 70 years.
For the foreseeable future, China lacks the military capability to mount an amphibious operation to seize and occupy Taiwan.