"Box up three times the population of Washington DC in twice the area, starve them, destroy Police and other civic infrastructure, invade every couple of years and knock the crap out of other civilian infrastructure"


But, much of this seems to be a result of the years of distrust... at least partially initiated by suicide attacks, and rocket attacks on Israel.

When rockets from Lebanon reigned down on Israel through many campaigns, retaliatory destruction resulted, from the greater military power. When these stopped, Israel stopped retaliation...halting attacking, killing and destroying Lebanon.

If, in comparison, Taiwan started to shoot rockets into civilian, or otherwise, China, what would one expect the result to be? Would you expect China to negotiate, or shoot back in ruthless force, to encourage it to cease? Would China likely offer citizens of Taiwan land and increased access to the mainland? If you answer is yes, dream on.