China Can’t Take Taiwan. Here’s Why.

Xi Jinping told his military to be ready to take Taiwan by 2027. But in war game after war game, an invasion mostly fails, so Beijing is betting on a cheaper plan. And that plan runs straight through Canada and the United States. Taiwan makes more than 90% of the world's most advanced chips, and close to half the world's container ships pass through the strait beside it. So this year I went looking for answers. Is China actually going to attack? What would it mean for people in Toronto, Vancouver or New York? And have the democracies prepared? I sat down with Senator Leo Housakos, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada; Michael Chong, MP, Canada's Shadow Minister for Finance and former Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs; and Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, who spent 37 years inside the Canadian government. What I found is that Beijing's real strategy isn't an invasion. It's pressure, infiltration and isolation, so that when the day comes, the countries that could help Taiwan have already talked themselves out of it. Canada, leaned on harder than any other G7 country, shows how far that plan has already gone. Chapters 0:00 Taiwan strait that runs the world [00:48] Will China attack in 2027 [05:02] Beijing's cheaper plan [10:15] Why it's your problem [17:28] Deterrence: Taiwan's half [19:56] Why Taiwanese are not Chinese [22:50] Canada's role [30:35] What now？ Featuring Senator Leo Housakos, Leader of the Opposition, Senate of Canada Michael Chong, MP, Conservative Shadow Minister for Finance Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, former Assistant Deputy Minister, Government of Canada Archival remarks: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te; Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung About me I'm Terence Shen（公子沈）, an independent journalist and political commentator covering China and the Indo-Pacific. My Chinese-language show 公子時評 has more than a million subscribers. #Taiwan #China #公子時評 公子沈是誰： 從時政媒體記者，到YouTube最具影響力的中文時政頻道之一， 用新聞專業素養，為你深度解讀新聞時事、國際關係與東亞政治 📚 畢業於多倫多大學Munk全球事務學院、香港中文大學東亞研究中心 🎥 過去五年，自媒體影響力全網累計破百萬追蹤者 📰 專訪過各地異見領袖、政府官員與智庫學者 🌍 擅長把複雜的國際議題，用清晰、易懂、有邏輯的方式說給你聽 我的觀眾來自全球華人社群，許多人透過我的頻道： • 搞懂了中國、台灣、美國之間真正的博弈關係 • 看懂了宏觀經濟背後的政治信號 • 學會了辨別新聞背後的立場與敘事陷阱 🧭 如果你也關注時事，但常覺得資訊太碎、太雜、太偏，期望了解噪音背後的真實聲音和世界運行的底層邏輯，那你一定會喜歡我的內容！還有訂閱頻道，打開提醒功能。 公子沈也在這裡： X ► https://x.com/terenceshen 臉書 ► https://www.facebook.com/mrshenofficial/ Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/mrshenofficial/ Threads ► https://www.threads.com/@mrshenofficial