Defending is much easier than invading. Only a small part of Taiwan is favorable terrain to land infantry. They might try paratroopers like the Russians attempted, but that will likely have the same results of simply wasting some of their best soldiers. China also will have to stage for an invasion an absolute minimum of two months before and will be very visible to our satellites, so a sneak attack isn’t on the table. Very likely China isn’t feeling very good about crossing a hundred miles of ocean with only two actual troop carriers and the rest with vessels poorly designed to land troops with after seeing Russia’s failed invasion of Ukraine. Russia hasn’t been able to reliably support their military thirty miles from their border with less distance and easier terrain. China also has zero battle experience other than a few dozen soldiers bordering India using melee weapons. Taiwan has been arming itself with our help for quite awhile and is better prepared to fend off China than Ukraine was against Russia. Russia and China both have the mentality of throwing metal and meat against their enemies, but when they’re faced with even late twentieth century weaponry it isn’t a slam dunk victory even against a smaller opponent.
China is good at consistently running their mouths with zero action. Pelosi just punked them out and gave them the finger and they won’t do anything but complain. I hope when we get a real president, we officially recognize Taiwan and be done with this drama.