The best defense of the people of Taiwan would be diplomacy and negotiation of a peaceful transfer to Chinese rule. This has a reasonable chance of succeeding a

The best defense of the people of Taiwan would be diplomacy and negotiation of a peaceful transfer to Chinese rule. This has a reasonable chance of succeeding and will not involve death and destruction. The worst defence would be a military defence of Taiwan. This would probably result in a war with lots of death and destruction and probably Chinese control of Taiwan anyway. A third alternative would be sabre-rattling and hot air, which will further annoy China, thereby further worsening opportunities for cooperation and give Taiwanese nationalists false hope.