China Will Invade Taiwan, and There’s Nothing We Can Do

This century belongs to them.

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We’re about to learn a painful lesson.

Sometime soon, China is going to invade Taiwan. We won’t be able to stop it, not with sanctions, not with force.

Here’s why:

China wants Taiwan for one big reason.

Let’s push through all the political and historical reasons why China might want to take back Taiwan. They’re important, but they don’t explain why all of a sudden China would risk so much to take back one island. It’s been doing just fine without it for 70 years.

The question isn’t just why.

It’s why now.

Taiwan enjoys a huge edge in the production of semiconductor chips. In case you haven’t noticed, that’s the one thing nobody can do without. It’s at the center of all our supply woes.

Consider this piece:

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