Taiwan says dozens of Chinese military jets entered defense zone

That doesn't mean it's smart. In actuality, China is doing a great job at destroying its reputation around the world and bringing countries together in preparation for a great conflict.

Japan is remilitarizing. Australia has awakened to the Chinese threat (when it looked for some time like China could have neutralized it). India is hip to China's aggression. The Quad is expanding and starting to look more like an alliance than a "security dialog".

Basically, China has done almost everything wrong. But there's a reason for that: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/24/china-great-power-unite...

> They are going to continue these soft provocations until incursions are expected, and happen, weekly or even daily.

They have been happening daily for years already. And China doesn't just menace Taiwan this way. It does the same to Japan.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/asia/japan-china-fighter-jet-...

> China seems intent on a slow boil.

What China doesn't seem to realize is that it's the frog. The flashpoint is likely to come when the CCP realizes that and faces domestic turmoil.

Finally, I notice you edited your comment to remove the part about the Taiwanese people becoming "pro-unification". I'm an expat living in Taiwan right now and this is an unrealistic and uneducated suggestion.

The vast majority of people in Taiwan see themselves as Taiwanese, not Chinese, and this trend has only increased in recent years. Among young people, this is even more pronounced, so when all of the KMT old timers die off, the number of people in Taiwan who have any affinity for China will be miniscule.

The reason China is trying to intimidate Taiwan is that it fears Taiwan is slipping away. In reality, Taiwan never belonged to China in the first place.