when people say China, they may be referring to the republic of China and it's people, and not the CCP
Taiwan may well be an oriental Ukraine sort of situation, there are some who posit that there's where the high level command of the CCP made their stronghold
https://newbloommag.net/2022/10/12/elon-musk-taiwan-comments/
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2 possible things to take into consideration:
when people say China, they may be referring to the republic of China and it's people, and not the CCP
Taiwan may well be an oriental Ukraine sort of situation, there are some who posit that there's where the high level command of the CCP made their stronghold