China Invasion of Taiwan (CCP vs Republic of China), will it start World War 3?

Taiwan logistically is an independent state of the original Republic of China, that was founded after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Communists seized mainland China following the first and second Sino-Japanese wars which weakened the Qing Dynasty (First), and ROC (Second). The fall of the Qing Dynasty happened in 1912, between the two Sino wars.
Xi's ultimate goal is to restore China to it's borders of the height of the Qing Dynasty, which included Taiwan.
Taiwan enjoys traditional Chinese culture blended with modern infrastructure and conveniences.
The "One China Policy" was an effort to satisfy the CCP, while still allowing Taiwan to exist in some autonomy.
Per usual, nothing is ever good enough for communists, and they always want more.
If China were to invade Taiwan to annex it, would we expect WW3 to break out?

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hunkalove · 70-79, M

There is no way China would go to war with us, we are their best customer. And there is no way we could defend Taiwan, China just has to cross a bridge, we have to cross an ocean. There has never been a Communist country. China and the USSR were totalitarian bureaucracies. Just as the U S and A has never been a Democracy.

ShadowWolf · 31-35, M

@hunkalove Well the US was never meant to be a democracy. It was always meant to be a constitutional republic. USSR and China were founded on the premise of Marxist/Communism. So I disagree there. If anything it proved the system fails. And I do agree, there's not much defense we could do for Taiwan short term. It would be more of, a liberation mission.