Depends on the ROE.
Remember they are a nuclear power. Is LA worth Taiwan?
Wait. . . I'm thinking. Don't rush me.
I don't think the cost of keeping LA is worth losing Taiwan. That's what your question says. But you might mean the opposite--would saving Taiwan be worthwhile if it cost us LA?
I'm thinking, okay?
A nuclear attack on the US would be suicidal for the PRC. Not to say they won’t do it if they back themselves into a corner as Japan did.
Why would China attack Mexico's biggest city in a war against us? LA is safe.
“Remember they are a nuclear power. Is LA worth Taiwan?”
There are people on FR who do not believe any country would use their nukes. I believe any country that has nukes, when faced with losing a war on their own soil, will use them.
Have you driven around LA lately? It's mostly closed for business, inhabited by homeless, and policed by Soros justice.