Mao Zedong once said: “A single spark can start a prairie fire!” Some think the same may be said now about Taiwan starting a conflict with China that the U.S. and Russia will join leading to a catastrophic global war.

The reasons? There are two wars in progress in the world now. Why not a third? It seems a good opportunity for China to recover Taiwan, the last piece of China lost to foreign imperialism and the key to erasing China’s century of humiliation. China’s military, which promotes Chinese nationalism, would take pride in being called upon to take Taiwan back.