China DID invade Formosa.
That's why there's a KMT government there.
I don't think they had the naval lift to support an invasion of Taiwan immediately following the conclusion of the civil war. Then again they took Hainan but my understanding was botched half-assed Nationalist defense failed to stop the landing in it's infancy.
China DID invade Formosa.
That's why there's a KMT government there.
Some native Formosans are still angry that the KMT arrived in 1946.
I recently met a Taiwanese aboriginal who was far wider and far more muscular than any chinaman I have ever met! He may not have been very tall, but he was as muscular as the fitter Polynesians! Think Dwayne Johnson alias "
the Rock."
Hainan's a lot easier to get to than Formosa. The Quiongzhou Strait is only 19 miles wide on average and the deepest point is 390 feet. Not to mention there was a large group of Communist supporters to begin with. Meanwhile the Taiwan Strait that separates Taiwan is 81 miles wide at it's narrowest point (110 miles at it's widest) and had no Communist presence at all prior to the Communist takeover of mainland China