China has long dreamt of draping this stubborn republic under its flag.

By the time the first ramps come down, it's attack on Taiwan might already be two months old. It happened in Ukraine - which Moscow still won't call an invasion. Could Taiwan be next?

That may require a war China doesn't really want. But that may not be their decision to make. And by the way: Taiwan may prove harder to swallow than you think. If conflict comes to the most contentious hundred miles of ocean in the world, the aftershocks won't be contained there. Nearly three-quarters of the world's made-to-order computer chips come from that island. This conflict will hit you where you live.

Two things almost everybody gets wrong: Why Taiwan's most critical ally isn't the one many think it is. And why mainland Taiwan might not be the island we ought to be worried about. Plus what four of the world's most advanced AI models predict when you pin them down on dates, numbers, and - of course - a winner. Their answers are all over the map. In one case, by a factor of twenty. But on one thing all four agree. And it isn't what you'd expect. What if China invaded Taiwan - tomorrow?

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