Maybe, maybe we just are trying to coddle China till they give up the CCP obsession.China is fairly nascent regarding modern international affairs and relations. Being the hermit kingdom and not opening their country till the seventies. That and their ego is still bruised that a Chinese population still lives outside the control of Beijing.
Does China plan on granting Tibet their freedom anytime soon? What was that the 50’s when China occupied Tibet.
Make you points but don’t be a blind apologist for China it’s a tell.
I've been making my points from the start! To recap:
1. Taiwan has no resources. China needs no additional infrastructure, ports, etc., as those are readily available at its southern areas.
2. Taiwan's main trading partner is China.
3. The main trading partner of the U.S. is China (outside the EU, which isn't a country).
4. The main trading partner of China is the U.S.
5. The U.S. sells arms to Taiwan and earns from that, but it doesn't recognize Taiwan as a major trading partner.
6. The main trading partner of many countries in the region is China.
7. The main trading partner of most countries in the world is China. It was the U.S. around two decades ago.
8. China literally has an non-experienced military. The last battle it had except for that 1988 skirmish with Vietnam was in 1979. I don't even think their most senior military commanders have combat experience.
An additional point so you brought up China claiming EEZs of smaller countries:
9. The country that first made the nine-dash claim was not China but Taiwan. China just copied Taiwan.
So, given all of these points, and probably even more, why would China even consider attacking Taiwan? It gains nothing from doing so and worse will suffer economically, and everything by just maintaining the status quo, which is trade.
With that, one should ask a more important question: who would want Taiwan to be attacked, and why?