Quote Originally Posted by lars573
Realisticly China is years (10 or 15) from being able to threaten Taiwan. It's not like they only have to cross the english channel they have to cross like what 1000 km of open sea? Even airbourne units would be at the limit of their range getting to Taiwan. The PRC doesn't have much in the way of a marine force or ships to carry them.
No way is Taiwan a 1000km away from China.

Taiwan is about half the size of Tasmanina.

The island is 394 kilometers (245 miles) long and 144 kilometers (89 miles) wide and consists of steep mountains covered by tropical and subtropical vegetation
The island of Taiwan lies some 200 km off the southeastern coast of China across the Taiwan Strait
There are other smaller Taiwanese islands even closer to China.