The problem is at the time that's exactly what the world did with thr Nazis. How many politicians wave around paper just like Chamberlain claiming they've gotten Zhongnanhai's promise, only to have the agreement violated moments after signing. Business leaders want the Mainland market, but as Beijing becomes more aggressive its impossible to ignore the human rights and other abuses. Its the 1920 and Early 30s all over again. What would save us from sliding further into confrontation would be unrelenting foreign resolve directed squarely at Xi Jinping, such that life becomes noticeably miserable for your average mainlander. Short of that very little is likely to stop Beijing from its current path and thus conflict of all kinds becomes inevitable.