[jollybean]

Chinese takeover of Taiwan would mean war or trade war, in both cases all sides lose, China loses worse.

A lot of countries are building up reasons to not like China, that would be the tipping point.

Manufacturing would flood out of the country, there'd be massive sanctions, other fabs would ramp up and more would be set up over time.

'Belt And Road' would be kaput, and a bunch of nations that supposedly owe China money would probably cancel their debt.

It would cause a recession and everything would slow down for a bit, but that would be the tipping point for the 'Next Phase' of China's development and it would be bad news.