If Russia pushes the rest of the world around, then they may decide it is time. But if they go for Taiwan, they may as well go for broke and secure the old Japanese dream of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere. Freeing millions of people from Western Imperialism and replacing it with Eastern Imperialism. I would hope that S. Koreans are doubling the watch and sharpening their swords.

Of course, the Chinese may feel like it would be too damn expensive to lose the American market, and we know that money talks and diplomacy walks.