Parades are overrated

I am sure you remember the good old military parades of the old Eastern Block days. A good old military parade shows what? Most likely that your leader likes to use populist nationalist feelings to his advantage. I am not impressed, not a single bit.

You have to face the facts, sooner or later; Taiwan will soon toe the line and become part of greater China, just like Honk Kong and the others. And probably the United States will look the other way because of a possible under-the-table deal with super-manufacturing power China.

I only have anecdotal evidence from people who are originally from Taiwan and people who do business in China: a) Taiwanese business people serve as liaison between China mainland (hence, their interests are increasingly linked to the interests of mainland China) b) Taiwan is a democracy, albeit a flawed, way more corrupt than Honk Kong.

What exactly would be Taiwan’s loss if formally recognized as part of China?

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