Not a coincidence the US usually has a carrier battle group somewhere between the two.
Cross straight relations is a definite hotspot, China (PRC) maintain Taiwan is still their territory.
The US has traditionally sat as a buffer to prevent China asserting that militarily but with the US becoming more isolationist and the Chinese rapid expanding their blue fleet capabilities it's only a matter of time until things get...tense.
> Not a coincidence the US usually has a carrier battle group somewhere between the two.
The USA hasn't sent an aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait since 2007. Barring some major geopolitical shakeup, it is fairly likely it will never do so again.
The PRC maintains Taiwan is part of their territory and the ROC maintains the mainland is part of theirs.
The US has traditionally used Taiwan as yet another military foothold in the Asia-Pacific to project and exert its own influence in the region for geopolitical objectives, the containment of China being one of them.
Why would China need to annex Taiwan when they can simply follow the HK strategy of supporting leaders who are pro-China? Let's face it, if push comes to shove, the US isn't going to do anything except make symbolic statements about Taiwanese sovereignty.
A far more likely scenario would be where the US undertakes overt military action against Iran, wasting money and resources while China sits back and consolidates power in its own sphere of influence.
I dunno, HK was legally handed over to China with international approval (albeit with China bending/breaking the 50 year agreement). Messing with Taiwan’s sovereignty would be a far far greater geopolitical problem.
