China's not Russia, and Taiwan is not Ukraine, but there are still some important messages being sent: 1. The West's main tool still seems to be economic sanct

China's not Russia, and Taiwan is not Ukraine, but there are still some important messages being sent: 1. The West's main tool still seems to be economic sanctions. Even unprecedented sanctions didn't prevent or halt Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and good luck sanctioning China. 2. The West is too scared to get involved militarily in ways that could actually prevent an invasion from succeeding, even when its adversary is fumbling and vulnerable. So that's something China probably doesn't have to worry about now, if it wants to go to war over Taiwan.