Hmm. We are heading into dangerous territory. In case Taiwan shoots downs a PLA aircraft, even a drone, the CPC will have to respond in a kinetic way. Some part of me says it is what they are hoping for.
That piece from Reuters is as trolling as it could be. I bet even those gorillas in the western lowland of Africa already know that. There are really two distinct "Taiwan issue" in the real world. The first "Taiwan issue" is that Taiwan is a breakaway province of Chinese sovereign as a result of the last Chinese civil war. The second "Taiwan issue" is a geopolitical struggle in which anti-China entities wage various (symmetric or asymmetric) wars against Chinese interests.
Particularly between US and China, Taiwan is the readily available and the most potent weapon the US can use as long as China is deemed a peer competitor. The "Hong Long issue" is fading away after the house-cleaning in the past two years. The "Xinjiang issue" is live but not very well. Therefore, The "Taiwan issue" is going to be THE ISSUE in global geopolitical fights for the foreseeable future.
From a military perspective, any sentence with both "China" and "Taiwan" in the line is susceptible to be called "trolling". It is not even funny any more.