It’s really not possible, even without the US’ participation. Attacking Taiwan is likely to cause WWIII, especially if it causes regional conflicts to flare up

It’s really not possible, even without the US’ participation. Attacking Taiwan is likely to cause WWIII, especially if it causes regional conflicts to flare up (Korea, India-Pakistan). At the very least Japan is likely to help Taiwan and their navy (oops Maritime Self Defence Force) is as strong as the Chinese one. In short attacking Taiwan for economic reasons doesn’t really make sense because it will cause an economic disaster for all countries involved.