My concern is not as much about the moral implications as the fact that China will now see this as the ultimate justification to take Taiwan, putting Hawaii back on the front line again for the first time since Pearl Harbor
China would have to create a reason to take their president. Like how the US determined Maduro was involved with drugs.
Sane people can agree supporting drug cartels are bad and warrant a removal. But if China uses the "one China" reason to remove Taiwans president, then that won't fly well.
And even with that, their citizens won't accept the CCP, so an invasion/occupation would have to take place. You won't see thousands of Taiwanese citizens celebrating if their president is removed from office by China.
On a side note, I got to be about 30 feet from the Taiwan president precovid. We were eating dinner and she showed up. I was wondering why there were added security for the hotel. It wasn't like US security, but more than a hotel woudl have. As in cops hanging out. They didn't even have metal detectors or searching bags. I was able to just walk into the venue like normal. Her detail also wasn't watching the crowd, but instead facing her and watching her give her speech. Compared to the US detail who are facing the crowd and scanning. Below is a pic that I took, she's next to the red pillar on the right speaking. The 2 in the black jacket are part of her detail.
The point of the above is if China did want to take Taiwans president, Taiwan has to ramp up their protection.
