China would also instantly lose access to the US market and cancel the worth of any US bonds held. India would eventually become the big economic winner after China/US trade was undone. The Chinese would really, really hate for India to be blessed this way.
Risking devastating economic and physical destruction for a chance to assert control over Taiwan seems stupid to me.
But then history is replete with examples of just such stupidity.
If china tagged a carrier, what’s the chance they’ll ever get their trillion and a half dollars paid back? Hint: name of most famous japanese wwii aircraft.
All good points. Their economy will nothing left if they attack us. Logically that would be a deterrent; but as you said, human history has many examples of stupidity.