Transformers aside, China can and will eat you alive whenever they please. You might as well spend your military budget on buying land anywhere but Taiwan.
Last time I went to the movies, they played a recruitment commercial so over the top I at first mistook it for the trailer to another "Starship Troopers" film.
Wait, Transformers are sentient. They don't need me. So this is basically saying, Hey we got robots to cover everything, no worries, stay at home and don't talk about independence please!