Why didn’t China also liberate Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in the early days of liberation? extra points

First of all, let’s talk about Taiwan. Since the People’s Liberation Army does not have a large-scale navy and air force, it is impossible to talk about fighting for air and sea control over the Taiwan Strait. Kinmen Island, which can be covered by the range of ordinary howitzers, cannot be captured without sea control. How can we capture Taiwan? In fact, we know that before the air force entered Fujian in the 1960s and the air war over the Taiwan Strait, the air superiority along the coast of Fujian was always under the control of Taiwan.

Secondly, let’s talk about Hong Kong. The first thing to do is to use force to regain Hong Kong and Macau. It was just a piece of cake for the People’s Liberation Army in 1949. But first, this will cause international disputes and lead to direct confrontation between China and Western countries (the British government is the first Western country to recognize the People's Republic of China). This was obviously unwise in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China when everything was waiting to be done. Moreover, after the Kuomintang escaped from power, it used its overwhelming superiority in navy and air force to impose a long-term blockade on the mainland's coastal ports. In this case, Hong Kong's position is very important, because the Kuomintang navy does not dare to intercept freighters bound for Hong Kong. If Hong Kong is recaptured, Mainland China's only port to the West will be gone for a long time (in fact, Hong Kong's prosperity today has a lot to do with its role as the main channel for trade between Mainland China and the West for decades. .). Since Hong Kong is not in a hurry to recover, Macau can naturally let it go. As for taking back Hong Kong in 1997, the reason is that the New Territories, which account for most of Hong Kong, were leased by the British government from the Qing government (the lease period was 99 years) and will expire in 1997. At that time, the Chinese government will legally take back most of Hong Kong. Part of the land, the Chinese government uses this as a basis to demand a package solution to the problems of Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories.

As for the brother upstairs, as far as I know, according to the "History of the United States Army", more than 60,000 Americans died in Korea during the entire Korean War (half were killed in action, and the other Half died from disease, accidents and other causes (more Americans died in the more than ten years of Vietnam War).