Comment by _djo_

The good alternative is China not wanting to take over a sovereign country, and for the world to gradually normalise Taiwan as a legitimate country.

China has no urgent or pressing self defence need to attack Taiwan. It also does not have a strong legal case to justify taking it over. In any rational sense the strongest case is for China to leave it alone.

Allowing the status quo to continue is better for the people of China, for the people of Taiwan, and for the rest of us around the world.

It's pure imperialist nonsense and we shouldn't seek to legitimise it just because China is powerful.