How Can the World Stop China from Invading Taiwan? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

China's president Xi Jinping has refused to rule out the use of force to "reunite" Taiwan with the mainland. Chinese leaders consider it to be unfinished business from the civil war. But Taiwan is not a pushover. It ranks 24th on the global firepower index, ahead of NATO members like Sweden and Canada. The island's defence spending rose 5% annually under the previous president and now stand at 2.5% of the national GDP. An invasion of the island would also require China to ferry tens of thousands of soldiers across the choppy waters of the Taiwan strait, an operation that could last days. Considering these risks and the global fallout, will Xi Jinping go ahead with the invasion? Palki Sharma tells you.



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The show is anchored by Palki Sharma, Managing Editor, Firstpost.

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