China’s Taiwan Military Option - How and Why?

Recent US-Chinese tensions centered on Taiwan has raised the prospect of a military confrontation. Let’s try to answer the following questions: How and why would China launch military operations in regards to Taiwan? What sort of capabilities does the Chinese military possess? References Time Stamps: @00:00 Intro: How the US is Trying to Prevent Reunification & Provoke a War: @00:46 NBC - War Games: The Battle for Taiwan: @03:07 Wilson Center - Joint Communique between the United States and China (1972): @04:30 US State Department - U.S. Relations with Taiwan (2022): @06:17 Harvard’s Atlas of Economic Complexity - Taiwan 2019: