IMHO, for us to have a clear-eyed view of the Taiwan issue, and indeed most political issues associated with China, some circumspection might be useful, perhaps starting with something like
this.
What we do see on a daily basis, however, is the spectacle of one country (and its poodles) accusing another of being “belligerent”, "bellicose", and a danger to international orders, while the accuser: 1) is the one with circa 800 military bases around the world, 2) has a military expenditure that is roughly the next 10 spendiest combined, 3) waged numerous wars abroad causing the death of circa 1 million and untold suffering to many times more over the past 4 decades, and 4) regularly sailing warships around the coast of the other in the name of defending freedom of navigation, while freedom of navigation is what the other needs as the biggest trader in the world.
It is not as if the US has nothing else worth focusing on - the bottom 50% of Americans have not seen their economic circumstances improved
for over three decades, and
60% of Americans don’t have enough savings to cover 3 months' expenses.
The situation in UK is not dissimilar, whether in terms of mass media fustercluck, or
citizens' economic challenges.
The saddest thing, is that those who are poor and those who have lost hope are then led to believe they have nothing to lose to elect morons.
In the meantime, the key geopolitical question that will affect us all, is what would such morons not do, to win and hang on to power, to maintain hegemony, and to contain China's rise.