How Successful Would a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Be?
12th July 2025
Coming forward to 2024, and we find that the sea conditions and terrain of a much-disputed island would make invasion of it difficult. The island in question is Taiwan and it is China, which sees the island as Chinese, which threatens to invade. Therefore, for the past two decades, China has been developing military means of subduing the island such as increasing the size of its navy and air force and developing long-range missiles. But would a Chinese invasion of Taiwan be feasible when considering Taiwan’s geographical advantages? And if an invasion were feasible, would it not come at too great a cost to China in terms of casualties and the loss of materiel if the well-armed Taiwanese exploit their landscape and weather, and are assisted by their powerful allies?
UPDATE: US demands to know what allies would do in event of war over Taiwan (Financial Times)