3 claims in “military science”
Modern military power is largely a function of money; having more cash allows a state to build more advanced weapons, which can then be used to coerce rivals.
Taiwan has a population of 23 million, while China has a population of 1.4 billion, but despite China's overwhelming numerical advantage, successfully capturing Taiwan would require one of the world's largest military mobilizations in history.
China's best strategic option is to avoid half-measures and instead achieve a quick fait accompli by miraculously capturing Taiwan in record time and issuing a fait accompli to the world, since blockading the island would give the US and partners too much time to set up a counter-starvation strategy and oil blockade.