"To say that Taiwanese won’t fight because they’re not acting scared now, or their society is too gentle ... is not only unfair to Taiwan, it feeds right into Chinese narratives. China doesn’t want Taiwan to have the will to fight. They want Taiwanese themselves to think nobody will fight, and therefore there’s no point in resisting. Why play into that?"

https://laorencha.substack.com/p/stop-denigrating-taiwans-will-to

Stop Denigrating Taiwan's Will To Fight

Polls suggest most Taiwanese would resist China no matter what. That means something. And no, they shouldn't act more scared than they are.

Lao Ren Cha
@taiwanreporter I'm quite worried that China is waiting on Taiwan to stop being able to output due to tantrum toddler Trump's conflict with Iran (and the rest of the world excluding Russia and China, of course). Cut oil supply, destroy global economy and then split nation states two or three ways. 🤮☹️