re: #141 William Lewis

The Vietnamese government hates China enough to poke that tiger with a very sharp spear. Don’t know if they would for Taiwan but they have fought the PLA to a standstill in the 80s.

I am not a military strategist, but I would think the fact that an ocean divides them would make it much harder to invade Taiwan. Also it’s moderately large (much bigger than Hong Kong), 2/3 mountains, and its people would keep fighting forever. Vietnam could at least send military advisers.