As Micheal M. notes, the Chinese leadership supports peaceful reunification with Taiwan along the same lines as Hong Kong but refuses to rule out military intervention if a Taiwanese government unilaterally declares independence.
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party appears unwilling to provoke China by going beyond what is effectively de facto independence. The opposition Kuomintang also supports the status quo but favours closer ties with the mainland and its vast internal market as being in the island’s best interest. Each party is responding to Taiwanese public opinion which overwhelmingly opposes both a unilateral declaration of independence and unification. The PRC leadership seems more content to wait for Taiwanese support for unification to steadily increase in line with the expansion of China’s economic growth and allure as a tourist, education, investment and employment destination than it is willing to risk war with the US and its allies. I support the right of the Taiwanese people to reject forcible integration with the mainland and to freely choose unification or independence. I'm equally opposed to how the principle of self-determination has been typically exploited by US imperialism to turn Taiwan into another forward base far from is shores. I view the PRC's military m aneuvering around Taiwan within this context rather than as a prelude to a full-scale invasion though I don't discount the possibility that signals of disengagement from the Trump administration might tempt it to alter course. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39346): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39346 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116361698/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
