People aren't listening, and as a result there's no 'will' to do anything, and by the time there is, it will be too late!
That's being exacerbated by vested interests who rely on cheap Chinese manufacturing for their profits and/or supply chains, and who prefer to see China as just another trading partner.
How else could we explain why we give diplomatic recognition to the PRC - an undemocratic, totalitarian, oppressive, expansionist dictatorship - rather than to Taiwan - a progressive liberal democracy?