In the summer of 1958 the Chinese shelled Taiwan. The United States backed the Taiwanese and threatened to nuke China if they continued. What if the Chinese and the Americans had gone to war over this issue? First of all, I don't think that the Soviets would continue to back the Chinese. I also don't think that the United States would be willing to go all out on China unless they were provoked. That being said, what do you think would happen?