It will not just be Taiwan. It will be opportunists Philippines who will be the staging ground for Anti China Forces. Remember this is a colonised country for more than 300 years and their culture and people are more western than the rest of South East Asia. They were the first and only nation I can recall that immediately jumped the bandwagon against Iraq and Afghanistan going so far as to arrest Iraqi citizens in the country and calling muslims terrorists. Their Law makers can freely insult muslims as terrorists in public forums and not suffer repurcussions. I don't know why the Chinese populace view them as nuetral or so highly. They were the ones who first cried out to kill the Chinese when Covid started. They support Hong Kong Black Clad terrorists as well, Every help China gives to them is seen as some sort of trade off rather than good will.