The amount of casualties in those countries would be crippling in any scenario I can imagine. This pushes me to the conclusion that Taiwan will be reabsorbed by mainland without a bullet being fired.
In modern combat, and for the type of conflict that's coming, a multimillion man army that has virtually no real-world experience matters less than you think.
> I doubt Japan and Australia can restrain China.
It's not going to be just Japan and Australia.
> This pushes me to the conclusion that Taiwan will be reabsorbed by mainland without a bullet being fired.
Interesting language. Taiwan can't be "reabsorbed" because it wasn't a part of China to begin with.
China is going to have to fire more than bullets if it wants to try to take Taiwan.
Two sovereign entities both presiding over the china landmass predating ww-2 had Taiwan within their territory sovereignty to begin with??????
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty