If China really attacks Taiwan, for sure, US is going to get the talents out, that's the most important asset there even more important than the equipment and structures there and just leave an empty island to China. The most China is going to get is the resources there. I hope USA is already planning the logistics right now on how to get the critical people out in case of an invasion.
That is a total lie fed as propaganda by the CCP to its people obviously. This is the official position of the United States with regards to Taiwan since the 1950's: That the provisional capital of the Republic of China has been at Taipei, Taiwan (Formosa) since December 1949; that the Government of the Republic of China exercises authority over the island; that the sovereignty of Formosa has not been transferred to China; and that Formosa is not a part of China as a country, at least not as yet, and not until and unless appropriate treaties are hereafter entered into. Formosa may be said to be a territory or an area occupied and administered by the Government of the Republic of China, but is not officially recognized as being a part of the Republic of China. — U.S. State Department, 1959, [25] It states clearly that the government of the Republic of China exercises authority over the island and the sovereignty of Taiwan has NOT been transferred to China and therefore Taiwan is not part of China. And that position has never changed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan–United_States_relations#:~:text=Following the passage of the,relations on September 13, 2019. And according to this article, "Taiwan,[II][h] officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country[22] in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south." US and Taiwan have maintained unofficial diplomatic ties until this day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan This is the truth and reality that the CCP obviously hides from its people and fed them the lies that Nixon officially recognizes Taiwan as part of China and now US is jealous of China's success. LOL All the lies that the CCP feeds to its people to bolster the inflated ego it's so comical. If China wants to test US's military might like what the Japanese did in their Pearl Habour attack, it's welcome to try. Next time, don't just carry out those military drills, land a bomb for real in Taiwan to see what happens.
You are clueless on the whole issue. US did once have a defence agreement with Taiwan, but it was teminated on 1/1/ 1980 when US set up diplomatic relations with China. US replaced that denfence agreement with "Taiwan Relations Act" ,which only promises that US will sell weapons to Taiwan. So you based your argument on false information. I am sorry that you can' t even see the difference between situation in Ukraine and Taiwan . Ukraine is a country. Taiwan is a province of China. US admits it, all the world admits it.The war between Russia and Ukraine is a war between two countries. The war between China and Taiwan is a domestic war. What is matter with US and the west world if one country wants to recover its province? When north Vietnam attacked south Vietnam, which is also a domestic war, what did US do? It withdrew its army completely from Vietnam. Also you said US did not confront Russia in Ukraine because Ukraine is not a NATO member. Are you telling me US needs to confront China because Taiwan is a NATO member? Taiwan IS NOT a NATO member.
Again, you show your bias and lack of understanding of how international relations work. An attack by China on Taiwan will trigger a US localized defense response providing support to Taiwanese defenses. Any escalation from China will trigger incremental escalation from US forces. Taiwan is no more Chinese than it is Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese or Japanese. The KMT seized the island from Japan at the end of WW2 then retreated there when Chang Kai Chek lost the mainland during the civil war with the communists. China decreed Taiwan theirs in the same way it now decrees that the entire South China sea belongs to them. Neither belong to them, and if China's small neighbors can't defend their rights, the US will. I've said before, there is a way out of this escalation. Taiwan can have a referendum on unification with China and, if approved, Taiwan can propose to China free and fair elections to decide what type of government the people of greater China wish to have, continuation of the existing Communist system or electoral democracy.
Taiwan is NOT an independent country. It has never officially declared its independence, and it can't do if China doesn't allow it, and China never will allow it... Simple facts.
You should know why... The KMT seized the island with the intention of returning to the mainland to defeat the communists. That never happened but the communists didn't pursue the KMT either. The Chinese (CCP and KMT) take Taiwan for granted as Chinese land but, as far as I know, there is no historical proof that China ever controlled all of Taiwan. The Portuguese or the Japanese have more historical claims to the island than the Chinese!
Taiwan was a brutal military dictatorship up until the 1990ies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan#Martial_law_era_(1949–1987)