China wants Taiwan orthgonally to any economic value it would provide. Reunification is pretty core to their mythos at this point. In fact, I wouldn't be surp

China wants Taiwan orthgonally to any economic value it would provide. Reunification is pretty core to their mythos at this point. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if making Taiwan globally less economically relevant is core to their strategy for reunification. While the US is dependent on Taiwan for chips, Taiwan has a very important defense partner that China can't really compete with. But China has a way better chance of securing Taiwan if the rest of the global community only cares for ideological reasons.