I didn't say I planned on it. I did use the word speculate, which isn't even a hypothesis. There are different forces at play today than there have been in the past, such as the power of the USG being behind Taiwan.
China certainly has to consider that possibility, even though it's never happened before, at least as far as we know. There is an old aphorism I believe China keeps in mind regarding this novel circumstance, which is that 'There's always a first time.'