They don't need nuclear weapons. They need targets. They have a big one and that is the Three Gorges Dam. If China can't defend it, then Taiwan has a chance to throw the Chinese juggernaut for a loop. They are already having power shortages and the new GM plant had to stop operations today for lack of power.
I wonder if all the businessmen who would flee to China realize that if Taiwan could disrupt their energy and water, what a world of hurt they would be in. But its just one of the dangers that doing business in an unstable communist country has that is insured by the US taxpayer via OPIC.
I think not just the Three Gorges Dam as a target, but all power stations as well. Once they take out most of them, China will have a nice power crisis that would make Gray Davis' California Power Crisis look like a light bulb short. Certainly would hurt those 'business whores' at least.
And hopefully, no matter what happens, we will stand by Taiwan. Which makes the prospect of a President Comrade Kerry all the more scary.