[eva1984]

It will be dangerous if Taiwan attempts to put its plan of independence into action, even though in reality it effectively has one.

Once CCP still controls mainland China, Taiwan has no chance to get this working without military response from the other side. It is for the best interests of both sides to just keep things as it is.

[brobinson]

I don't think there's any kind of formal independence plan. KMT is pro-"eventual reunification". DPP is pro-"eventual independence" but could never campaign with that or PRC would get very angry.

I think it's well past the point for a peaceful reunification. Only a very small subset of the population here identifies as "Chinese-only" and an even smaller subset want to reunify. Young Taiwanese increasingly identify as "Taiwanese-only" and want eventual independence.

I have no skin in this fight (other than that I like Taiwan and dislike the actions of the Chinese government), but it's interesting to watch as an observer. I think things will remain as they are for a long time.