I’m really glad we have a strong South Korea as a balance to China. My late husband fought there, and from time to time we would meet Koreans in the US and they would sincerely thank him for his service. Even Vietnam as a country is acting as a counter to China, although all those lives we lost were certainly not worth it.
Sorry. The ROC doesn’t contain China. The US protects the ROC. The big question is in the event of a US Japan collision with the PRC would the ROC opt for neutrality and hope the missiles fly over and China and Japan get wrecked.