China tries to calm ‘nationalist fever’ as calls for invasion of Taiwan grow: Loud calls on social media urge Beijing to strike while world is busy with coronavirus crisis, but observers say the authorities do not want to be rushed

The US is not going to start a World War or even nuclear war over Taiwan, your delusional if you actually believe they‘d defend them. The US does not even recognize Taiwan as a country and neither does the UN, you actually think the US will collapse the world economy and go to war with a nuclear power that also houses most of its companies? Companies like Apple would literally collapse overnight in such a scenario and China would likely cease all US assets within the country if the US did any kind of military aggression.

On top of that the US is actually not capable of defending Taiwan militarily anymore as China can directly attack Taiwan from inside China and has massively expanded their military over the last decade. Unless the US is willing to actually start bombing mainland Chinese military bases there is no way Taiwan could be actually defended.

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