The following analysis is strictly a logistical perspective of why China is unable to invade Taiwan militarily present-day or in the far future.The Hysterical HypeDuring the past several months the media has gleefully bombarded the public with the ever-increasing possibility that China will have the capability to invade Taiwan in
What form of foreign relations would meet Taiwan’s national development goals?
This is neither a difficult question to answer nor a difficult choice to make.
Just ask: Does Taiwan need to make friends with countries such as Lithuania and Slovakia, or with regimes such as that of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega?
Which way would be more beneficial to each side’s collective interests?
Public opinion in Taiwan would surely provide the right answer.
What makes this question so easy and the solution so intuitive is that it reflects Taiwan’s most practical needs at this stage of its pursuit of survival and progress.
Diplomacy’s main purpose is to
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or as long as I’ve lived in the Bay Area, I’ve spent more time searching for Taiwanese food than I have actually eating it.
I’ve driven 90 minutes in traffic to snag a so-so plate of stinky tofu. I’ve stood in line for four hours for takeout Taiwanese breakfast. And who knows how long I’ve spent scouring online discussion forums and Yelp listings for even the briefest mention of lu rou fan or beef noodle soup?