Timeline for What has China gained by doing military drills after Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan?
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| Aug 10, 2022 at 6:34 | history | edited | Therac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 10, 2022 at 6:22 | comment | added | Therac | @ScottishTapWater Sinking ships attempting to run the blockade would not be retaliation. They can even be seized and become legitimate property of the blockader. The international law on blockade describes one running the blockade as a guilty party, not the one enforcing it. However, you're correct in that running a blockade isn't an act of war per se either. | |
| Aug 10, 2022 at 6:17 | history | edited | Therac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 10, 2022 at 6:02 | history | edited | Therac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2022 at 15:58 | comment | added | ScottishTapWater | @HK-51 Running a blockade isn't an act of war... Retaliating to someone running your blockade is the act of war... | |
| Aug 9, 2022 at 15:56 | comment | added | ScottishTapWater | @JonathanReez - A war between the USA and China doesn't de-facto become WWIII... Chances are, mopst of the rest of NATO wouldn't get involved in a war between China and the USA over Taiwan. Unless the USA was losing badly | |
| Aug 8, 2022 at 20:49 | comment | added | JonathanReez | @FaitoDayo China will sink the ship breaking the blockade, leaving the US with no choice but to start WW3 for the sake of Taiwan, which it'll never do in practice. | |
| Aug 8, 2022 at 1:18 | comment | added | Therac | @FaitoDayo It's not a binary choice between "least amount of international flak" and nuclear-armed invasion. A blockade is an act of war. Running a blockade is also an act of war against the one declaring it. Regarding time, an amphibious invasion isn't quick either, and the only US allies that can cause trouble to China are Japan and South Korea - which will be in the fight well before the US gets there. | |
| Aug 8, 2022 at 0:45 | comment | added | Faito Dayo | I don't think they are going to use blockade. A blockade is a very long process, enough time for US to muster its allies to cause trouble to China. And just like Cuban missile crisis, what if US decides to run the blockade? Let's say an unarmed ship fully loaded with food was ordered by US to cruise full speed toward a Taiwan port, the only way PLA could receive the least amount of international media flak is to board the ship and detain it/render the ship inoperable. So they would try to blitzkrieg the island, and remember: China's "No first use" policy only extends to "countries" | |
| Aug 7, 2022 at 17:55 | history | answered | Therac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |