China’s argument that Taiwan is simply a break away province of China is exactly the same argument that Russia has against Ukraine.
It is really not a Country, but a break away province that needs to be brought back into the fold.
If Putin gets away with his actions, will China follow suite and launch an invasion to subjugate Taiwan?
Of course. crossing the Taiwan Strait is a little different than simply rowing tanks across a byway, but the ChiComs have a huge military and probably would not mind loosing a couple hundred thousand.
Which bings us to the US. We are willing to recognize Ukraine as a sovereign nation, but our asinine “one China policy” refuses to accept Taiwan on the same terms.
And, since the Biden Cartel is China’s biggest asset in the US, I suppose Taiwan will be on it’s own.