Re: Commodity tat
China are not going to invade Taiwan, because they can't.
The last time any significant amphibious invasion was attempted, the invaders had been fighting for 4 years (most of them anyway), they had 2 dress rehearsals and the target did not possess satellites or a significant ally who could intervene.
China would need to get 1,000,000 men across the straights of Taiwan and supply them. Taiwan and the US would be able to watch the build up in real time and would know exactly where the landings were going to be. Imagine China's casualty rate.
China could destroy Taiwan of course, they possess nukes. That's going to cripple their own economy, so they won't do that either.