Play War Thunder for FREE! Register using https://wt.link/DefenseUpdates and get a premium tank or aircraft or ship and thee days of premium account time. Taiwan accused the Chinese military of simulating an attack on its main island on Saturday, as Beijing continued with its retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei. Viewers may note that the current exercise is some of its largest-ever military drills around Taiwan -- seemingly aimed at creating a blockade and ultimately invasion of the island. While it looks like a David vs Goliath with China's annual military spending being around 20 times that of Taiwan's, there is more to it than meets the eyes in the first instance. In this video Defense Updates analyzes why China can't gobble up Taiwan easily? #DefenseUpdates #USvsChina #TaiwanvsChina CHANNEL LINK: Facebook - / defenseupdates SUPPORT US: Patron: / defenseupdates AUDIO: scottleffler.com BACKGROUND MUSIC https://incompetech.com/music/royalty... "Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... IMAGES USES www.newsweek.com / Ministry of National Defense People's Republic of China https://www.newsweek.com/china-milita... www.washingtontimes.com / AP Photo/Andy Wong https://www.washingtontimes.com/multi... Google Map https://maps.google.com/ www.navalnews.com / ROC Navy https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/... chinaplus.cri.cn / China Plus/Li Jin http://chinaplus.cri.cn/opinion/opedb... www.independent.ie / Xinhua/AP https://www.independent.ie/world-news... www.military.com / AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying https://www.military.com/daily-news/2... www.taiwannews.com.tw / Facebook / Taiwan Navy https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news... twitter.com / SCS Probing Initiative / 1 www.defencexp.com https://www.defencexp.com/pla-a-roari... newsable.asianetnews.com / PLA https://newsable.asianetnews.com/indi... www.japantimes.co.jp / KYODO https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/201... www.thenation.com https://www.thenation.com/article/pol...