ye, even if your review were apt it does not have bearing on the bigger issue and indeed might even make it worse.
Perhaps my knowledge is fualty.
Perhaps not.
I understand that most people on FR don't spend studying China, or have a lot of familiarity with the Chinese, so they're prone to miss the sublties of what is really going on.
You, on the other hand, are either being intentionally obtuse, or are a little too close to the subject to see the big picture.
The bigger issue is that we have bigger fish to fry, both in Asia and in the rest of the world. Taiwan is safe, China is out, and we are free to pursue more pressing problems. We don't need Taiwan pushing China's buttons, and then expecting us to ride to their rescue. If China tries to be a bully, we'll be there to smack them down. Otherwise, they should not abuse our willingness to back them us.