A estratégia de defesa de Taiwan

Abstract

For a long period of time, Taiwan has been preparing for a possible Chinese invasion, as the Beijing government recognizes that territory as a rebel province, which has resulted in numerous political, economic and military pressures that the island has been suffering from China in the past. recent decades. Given the difference in power (especially military) between the two States, there is a perception that this scenario could result in an asymmetric war. In this sense, this work focuses on understanding the stance of China, Taiwan and the United States, which have exerted great influence on diplomatic frictions between Taiwan and China. In order to produce a qualitative analysis especially based on a bibliographic review, this work was divided into three parts. The first aims to understand what an asymmetric war would be, using precisely the difference in power between China and Taiwan as a case study. Thus, this work will use statistical data and conceptual debates, combining them with evidence regarding the positions of China and Taiwan in a possible asymmetric war. In the following part, the historical roots of the friction between these two actors were addressed and the reasons why China makes demands to regain that territory for its effective control. In the third part, an analysis was made of Taiwan's strategic defense, which covered everything from the island's international politics, its defense capabilities and finally, its strategy called “hedgehog”. In this way, we sought to prove the hypothesis that in a scenario of asymmetric war, Taiwan seeks to compensate for its disadvantages with the integrated mobilization of various instruments that would curb the Chinese impetus to implement an amphibious attack.