They’ll have a window after the Olympics and before our 2024 election. If they’re going to move on Taiwan, I would think that that would be to time. I think that even Australia is a bridge too far for them, militarily. Conflict in Africa may have to be resolved economically, in the near term.
Empires seem to get a lot of “mission creep”.
China should be focusing on the Pacific and staying away from Africa.
Hmmm , sensible, but not so sure they care