China only wants
Taiwan because Taiwan has become more
successful and
prosperous than China. China wants this prosperity, and rather than becoming a
democratic nation, they turn to the only thing they know... threatening the small island with
military force, in the hope that Taiwan will give in. But without a democratic government and basic
human rights, Taiwan will not continue to prosper as it has, and China's plan to grasp the island's prosperity will
backfire. If China wants to prosper as Taiwan has, they need to follow the example of Taiwan, not smother them with Communism.
China knows that democracy will lead to prosperity, that's why they've allowed
Hong Kong to continue to operate with more
freedom than the mainland. Just take a look at the
Chinese stock market since the aquisition of Hong Kong. The problem is that the leaders are
afraid of
losing control, and if people could
vote, they could vote the current leadership out. But if they move China toward true democracy and prosperity (
earned, not
obtained), they will be
remembered as
great men.
In Response to maggie:
"The life of America is heavier than that of Taiwanese in the eyes of American government."
It's not
life that concerns the US, it's
money. We sent troops to
Kuwait quickly because there's
oilthere. But then we took years to decide whether it was justified to send troops to stop the
ethnic cleansing in
Kosovo.
Right now, China is starting to open their market to the US, so it's no surprise that there was very little US political
reaction to China's threats before Taiwan's 2000 elections. Taiwan has the better economy, but China has a huge
potential if they're serious about free trade. That's a
tough call for a government that believes only in the
almighty dollar.