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Originally Posted by cthulu23
Only if those people somehow desire a war with China, which I tend to think of as a very bad thing. I understand what you're saying...it does seem counterintuitive coming from the Bush White House. In foreign policy matters, though, there are considerations much more important than ideological consistency. China doesn't invade Taiwan and we don't support their "independence." These are the semantic games that diplomacy requires.
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Exactly. And the Taiwanese understand this completely. It might surprise many here to know that a lot of Taiwanese believe in the unified China concept and consider themselves a province of mainland China. However, they value their democracy.
The relationship between Taiwan and the PRC is one of the most complex and complicated ever in the history of the world.
