PLA Strategy in a Taiwan Contingency

Thecore said:

Curious, what is the likelihood of military high command "letting one through" to a strategically less important target on the mainland to create impetus to push total war all the way to Japan's shores and into her interior? Am I just creating completely impossible scenarios in my head or is there a non-zero chance this has been considered in some war planning room at some point?...

Chinese construction capability, capacity and capital is now at a point where reconstruction from such a scenario would be unprecedented and unlike anything else seen in history.

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Not a very relevant topic, the people in China who are most looking forward to the Pacific War are:

1. Fujianese. A large number of projects were avoided in Fujian due to the risk of war, so Fujianese people developed a mindset of “there's nothing to worth bombing, so we're not afraid of being bombed. Let's get it over with quickly so we can build.”. Or as the saying goes, "those with bare feet are not afraid of those with shoes."

Taiwanese authorities are clearly aware of this, and their threatening slogans have changed from the previous “Hsiung Feng missiles will bomb Fujian” to “Hsiung Feng missiles will bomb the Three Gorges Dam, Shanghai, Hong Kong, etc”

2. Civil engineering professionals.