Agree China are unlikely to attack Taiwan militarily- rather they are waiting until they have achieved a position where they and their proxies have demonstrated that the US/West no longer can universally impose its will via force and control of global institutions, resources and protocols. China already dominates global markets in commodities and manufactured goods- they are working on building alternative protocols and institutions - for example their already operational CBDC and the China Development Bank. The CDB has now comfortably surpassed the World Bank as the biggest international lender to developing countries. China is already also demonstrating that it can provide alternative trade settlement routes for nations sanctioned from the US SWIFT hegemony. Yes it seems the population in the West is ignorant or in denial at the rate of the global power shift and the ongoing trend. Surely though western governments must be aware but seem mostly helpless to confront Chinas rise in any credible way. The removal of the pro Russian Syrian regime looks like one win for the west. As for Ukraine being trapped into the current situation it seems like it was just unfortunate in being positioned where it is between Chinas latest military proxy-tributary state, Russia and the Wests NATO stronghold. Arguably, it is Putin who foolishly fell into the role as an enabler of Chinas global strategy with Russia is now entirely dependent upon China while China gains access to cheap oil and arms length military attack on the West via Russia...at no cost to China. Sun Tzu would approve.