Chinese authorities announced Wednesday that a number of diehard “Taiwan secessionist” individuals, two funds, and multiple companies related to secessionist activities will be punished in accordance with the law, after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan island Tuesday night in disregard of stern warnings from China, a visit that has sent a wrong message to “Taiwan independence” forces and has escalated the tension across the Taiwan Straits.
China doesn't need Taiwan. It can play the long game and wait for it to fall in its orbit or not.
Any conflict with Taiwan could conceivably last decades. No one knows what kind of crazy underground bases are on the back end of the island.