You're correct that if Taiwanese independence is taken as a goal there is a spectrum between doing nothing and immediately declaring war, and thank you for clarifying. I think peaceful engagement is absolutely preferable in this situation but I'm deeply suspicious of the consequences of alignment toward the US and I don't believe the country has a goal of minimizing tensions in the region. I'll leave it at that.
To add on to what others have said, the concept that capitalism is just letting the economy do its thing with no government influence is really mystifying and innaccurate. Capitalism requires immense support from a state (some sort of apparatus with a monopoly on force) in order to guarantee and enforce property rights, contracts, the collection of debts, ensure stable currencies that are widely accepted as payment etc. Just because the state is overwhelmingly working on the side of people with capital to preserve and accumulate that capital, doesn't mean it isn't working.
it looks like they got pooled between "doesn't exist" and "no" to "are oil and gas companies responsible?". "global warming doesn't exist and if it does it isn't their (our) fault"