I think as long as an invasion of Taiwan looks _difficult_, and the overwhelming likely hood that invading Taiwan will leave Taiwan a smoking crater, that is en

I think as long as an invasion of Taiwan looks _difficult_, and the overwhelming likely hood that invading Taiwan will leave Taiwan a smoking crater, that is enough to keep China from invading it. China benefits tremendously economically from trading with Taiwan and they aren't going to throw that way over national pride, _as long as Taiwan doesn't declare independence_.