China is not in a position to invade yet, winnie the pooh is going to ruin china's long standing plans made as early as deng xiopings and jiang zenin in the 90s.
The plan was always to move towards internal consumption instead of export oriented development by the mid 2000s they are late by over 20 years due to greed.
Taiwan would be dealt with by the 2040s when they would have secured the one belt one road , new silk road by the meaning secure energy ,minerals and critical food imports like animal feed which are fully vulnerable to US naval interdiction today.
Xi xing ping that moron looks like he will end the communist party of China when he loses spectacularly and mass starvation and collapse happens within 6 months of war.
All he had to do was stick with the plan made by people allot wiser and smarter the him , ego comes I to the picture.
A conflict today will show the qualitative advantage in training and experience of the US and allies against china's numbers and industrial capacity.
The US and allies are fragile however because the elite veterens cannot be replaced easily and new recruits into Nato, Japan and Taiwan will be as terrible as the Chinese recruits .
Morale problems will have different sources but lead to similar results for the Chinese and Western allies.
For the Chinese it's the little emperor syndrome, we have never seen an army of single children households.
There is every indication that they would be shit fighters. People need string family and community to make good soldiers that are willing to die.
For the West the next generation of recruits are already showing signs of being really really bad.
Experienced vetrens that you desperately need to retain so they can train the next generation and allow inheritance of military culture are right now leaving in droves due to hostile work environment.
The US armed forces are going woke

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Europeans are further along the road to decay except for Poland which is still pretty much macho and has large manpower reserves of real men.
My predictions for the next 5 years is a disaster for China, collapse if they fight.
Even with victory it will be a Suez moment for the US and officially herald the end of super power status.