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For a tiny little island still
holding claim to the mainland,
China is being extremely nice.
That is because of the "One China" consensus that the ROC and the PRC currently adhere to. A one-sided change of this status, e.g. by Taiwan renouncing being rulers of all of China, might trigger the PRC's anti-secession laws, which in turn would lead to an invasion of Taiwan by the PRC.Another dimension is that if the mainland was actually interested in free trade, as required by e.g. the World Trade Organization (WTO), the mainland had to be open to other countries ... As an aside, you accept Mainland's claim to TW, but not the symmetric claim of TW to the mainland. So you are applying double standards. Hmmm ... As a further aside, it was a big strategic blunder of the KMT not to rescind its claim to be the legitimate rulers of the mainland when Nixon switched from the KMT to Mao as the official rulers of the mainland, and let the mainland into the UN. At the time, the mainland was very weak, desperate for international recognition, and would probably have accepted such a deal. (Pure speculation: Nixon deliberately encouraged the KMT to keep claiming mainland rulership, so as to instate a frozen conflict [2] / do divide-and-conquer against Mao. Again, I have no evidence for this, but that sort of Machiavellian trick has been used by empires since time immemorial to weaken its competitors.) Taiwan business taking
advantage of Chinese market
That's part of the PRC's subversion strategy: get access to Taiwanese technology, institute a brain-drain, and most important: buy the acquiescence of the Taiwanese rich -- rest assured that Taiwanese companies can only succeed on the mainland, as long as they are not questioning the PRC's stance on Taiwan. you keep saying bullying.
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. [1] is today's example of bullying.[1] http://uk.businessinsider.com/palau-airline-closes-over-ange... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_conflict |
Hope you enjoy your democracy while it lasts and stop being naive one day.
I literally have nothing to say to anyone who actually believes China would launch invasion against Taiwan.