It is not such a far-fetched scenario: According to Kevin Rudd’s penetrating and sensible new account of the United States-China relationship, some reports have shown Washington losing to Beijing as many as 19 straight times in desktop war games simulating a conflict over Taiwan. The result, which ultimately reduces a world superpower to one weakened player among many, comes to be seen by historians as the “American Waterloo.” ![]() ![]() Slowly - then swiftly - the pitched fighting tilts in favour of the Middle Kingdom, altering the military and political balance in East Asia. American submarines sink some Chinese ships still, it’s not enough to slow the onslaught of paratroopers and helicopters. More than 200,000 People’s Liberation Army troops climb ashore at 20 different beachheads along the Taiwanese coast. ![]() Beijing launches a shower of missiles toward Taipei, crippling its American-supplied military, followed by attacks on Okinawa and Guam. ![]() Here is one way the American era could end: China, on a pretext or piqued by some provocation, orchestrates an invasion of Taiwan.
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