XI JINPING THE EXPECTANT LION

The difficulties that Russia has had in the face of the invasion of Ukraine allow the Asian lion to reflect on how it should approach the unification of Taiwan, which it has always considered a province.Taiwan's location makes the territory an inhospitable place, complex and costly for a possible invasion by Continental China.The Asian giant has the largest naval fleet in the world, so Taiwan seeks to compensate for China's numerical superiority with an asymmetric war focused on mobility and precision attacks. The United States is ambiguous about the possibility of getting involved militarily in case of invasion and, most likely, will not do so because it would imply a global conflict.China could initiate an annexation of the outlying islands or disable military and cybernetic systems, only time will tell. In any case Xi Jinping has signaled the Communist Party's commitment to making China a world leader including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.