its worth noting that while china has a BIG military they don't have a skilled or well equipped military that is willing to be there, their military is majority drafted; think Russian conscripts in ww2 vs volunteer soldiers in ww2; these two groups are not on equal footing and Taiwan would win probably all battles on completely equal footing of same tactics same troop numbers same playing field

note that japan was winning vs china AND a few other countries at the same time basically alone on that front in ww2 before the usa got involved

its worth noting that while china has a BIG military they don't have a skilled or well equipped military that is willing to be there, their military is majority drafted; think Russian conscripts in ww2 vs volunteer soldiers in ww2; these two groups are not on equal footing and Taiwan would win probably all battles on completely equal footing of same tactics same troop numbers same playing field