There is no such thing as too many wars to the Deep State.
Is China interested in risking a nuclear array of strikes in its coastal cities, all to get a rather small piece of territory?
They don’t need TMSC. They could bomb all those plants such that nobody gets those chips. No need to invade. Just missile those factories and blockade the oil import facilities.
No invasion. Nothing really to attack. Just shut off the chips and oil and sit back to wait for starvation from the inability to transport food. No troops for the US to attack because no invasion taking place.
The US could send tankers filled with oil, but the ports for offloading can be wiped out.
China has the upper hand in all this. The only real obstacle would be to get the generals on their side to recognize that victory can be achieved without they having any huge battle on maps with big arrows that would make them immortal at Chinese military academies for centuries to come.
THE CHI COMS ARE ALREADY AT WAR WITH US.