The coming conflict over Taiwan

Can see the Chinese though throwing waves at the Taiwanese forces, as they won't care about loses.

Don't be too sure about that. Times have changed. Education and improved standards of living have altered the perception of many people, so I'm doubtful that the Chinese people themselves would be too interested charging fixed emplacements with an apple. Those days are gone. Party indoctrination and national pride can only go so far when you've decided to uplift your own population.

Yes, the government won't care about losses... until they can no longer hide/alter the casualty reports coming back. Any war now will be well covered in private/public media, and that means that they won't be able to hide severe casualties, and that will affect morale both in the military and at home.

Now, if Mao was in control, I'd agree with you... but it's not the 60s/70s anymore. The average Chinese people is far different from what the general population was like back then.

The CCP controls all narratives.

That's only true from a published media perspective... although even then, there's a variety of media outlets that started in HK and GZ, and have since moved their operations abroad, to maintain their independence from the CCP.

There's no need for alternative media. The range of social media options in China is varied, and impossible to completely monitor/control. My own wechat feed has loads of posts which contains information that the CCP wouldn't want posted on a website. What happens on peoples personal feeds tends to be ignored, whereas what is made openly public is slammed hard with censorship.

True, much bigger or massive losses may be harder to hide for most cases, but the censorship in China is unsurpassed and on a scale not seen anywhere else in the world. Any conflict breaking out, will have a narrative based around one premise, and one alone.

Untrue actually. A number of Asian countries, and others strictly control their Internet... and anyway, most Chinese people have access to VPNs which while not perfect in avoiding the censorship, is still a very viable option. The Chinese great firewall was never as comprehensive as many people thought anyway. I could see RTE the whole time I was in China (12 years), same with boards, or a variety of BBS type sites. It was only the big nations that were blocked, along with the main sites....

People have some rather unrealistic views about what it's like in China... you're simply swallowing the propaganda (both Chinese and foreign) yourself.

Assuming that China would overrun Taiwan in a matter of maybe 2 or 3 weeks what would them trying to maintain control then look like? Its a different situation than Hong Kong in so far as Beijing already had their proxies like Carrie Lam in power there so a take over was easier as a result. But Taiwan is a republic thats been independent for 70 years, the population there arent just going to roll over even after China wins an initial military victory. You would have to think it would descend into guerilla warfare between the Taiwanese and the Chinese army.

Taiwan has a Chinese nationalist party, and while they've lost a lot of influence since the debacle in HK, they've still got a wide range of people who previously supported them. There's plenty of Taiwanese who would be willing to work with the CCP, if Chinese troops controlled the country, in addition to those who consider themselves already loyal to China. HK was different because of the lease with the British, giving some legitimacy to the "return" of Chinese authority. There's no similar legitimacy with an occupation of Taiwan.

Personally, I suspect they'll do what Chinese people do best. Grin and bear the occupation, hoping that international pressure or military involvement by others will bring about their freedom again. There will likely be some violent resistance by Taiwanese military, militia, and young people in general, but it's doubtful they'll achieve much considering the Chinese will likely flood the country and reinforce martial law, with Chinese law being applied. That's not an easy situation to face for any Taiwanese person...

Its doesnt bear thinking about but the only way I could see them maintaining control on the island is by turning it into an absolute police state with facial recognition CCTV on every single street corner and then backed up by curfews and massive concentration camps on the mainland for objectors and those who continue to fight.

Which requires time and money. The application of surveillance has only been implemented in the major cities on mainland China. It's very expensive to setup and maintain.. and China's economy isn't doing that great right now, never mind if a war was ongoing. Nah. They'll use what they already have. A massive population to monitor the streets. They already do it on the mainland, with police booths on most streets of any population center.

The concentration camps scenario is highly unlikely because the Taiwanese are seen as being Chinese. The Uighurs are not, and that provides a lot of leeway in how Beijing decides to treat them. Concentration camps would go against 60 years of propaganda, that the CCP is bringing their wayward cousins back into the fold. Nah. Likely there will be detainment camps, similar to US off-book detainment centers, for those who violently resist Chinese authority, and then, more public re-education centers with humane treatment for everyone else.

I think China invading Taiwan would be the easy part,

I wouldn't agree there. Geography has ensured that the Chinese will face problems getting their troop transports, and supply barges to where they can offload easily... all the while they're facing submarine attacks from the Allies. Taiwan has had decades to prepare for any invasion, and know the few places where heavy equipment could be offloaded. A pure light infantry invasion could be defeated easily enough... it's when China can get it's heavier equipment on Taiwan that things would go against the Taiwanese.

its what would have to happen afterwards that might have Beijing thinking twice about their plans. If the CCP in Beiijing are seriously considering locking up millions of Taiwanese in concentration camps then they are absolute psychopaths and the west really does need to deal with them before an invasion even begins.

Ahh well..., I don't think you understand the Chinese mindset. Outsiders are less than human and can be treated any way the CCP wants. It's different with those who are considered to be "Chinese". At least publicly, and the public impression is very important in Chinese culture. They're not going to be putting anyone they consider to be Chinese in concentration camps. They'll find a more "acceptable" answer for that.. probably a mix of executions of resistance fighters, and re-education for everyone else.

Taiwan is a very sensitive topic for Chinese people. They're considered to be Chinese like themselves, and that will affect what the CCP can implement.. and TBH, I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see most Taiwanese roll over and play along with the Chinese occupation. It's a very big part of Chinese (and in this case, that includes Taiwan), to simply accept, and deal with the problems in life.. and a Chinese occupation would fall into that.

It's not as if anyone, except the CCP, believes that they can hold on to Taiwan forever. Most reasonable people will understand that a combination of international pressure (UN/EU/etc) and military application will likely free the Taiwanese, and if that takes a few years... they'll accept it, because it's highly unlikely that China could resist international pressure for an extended period.

It was different for Russia, and their military adventures. Nobody cared what went on in Eastern Europe. What happens with Taiwan does matter because it affects trade.. which means that China will face pressure constantly.