And Japan has said it would come to Taiwan’s aid.
Not to mention that the Indians at China’s back are easily capable of shutting off China’s ME oil spigot.
I think we have already learned from the current situation that talk is easy, but often the actions contradict the talk.
The best example is Germany right now—the talk is anti-Russia, meanwhile they have no choice but to buy Russian energy.
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would force everybody to show their hands, and we would find out in a hurry who had real cards and who was just bluffing.