China is not going to invade. An operation to invade Taiwan would be bigger than the Normandy invasion. That is not happening.
Taiwan IS China. The US recognizes that.
China cannot afford to have the economic sanctions put on them. That country is teetering on economic disaster.
This whole Taiwan crap is election year scare mongering for the simple minded. All we are missing is Obiwan Kenobi waving his hand and saying, “These aren’t the droids we are looking for.”
“ Taiwan IS China. The US recognizes that.”
Not true.
US pretends to recognize that for the sake of dealing with China.
And presumably to keep China from attacking Taiwan.
US has never recognized PRC sovereignty over Taiwan. Which is because that’s true.
Japan had sovereignty over Taiwan which it relinquished in 1952 as per the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1951.
That’s where it stands now.
Japan surrendered to ROC/KMT Chiang Kai-Shek under General order 1 in 1945.
The Allies occupied it as a surrendered Japanese territory. That’s essentially what it still is, although it’s become a defacto nation.