So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition.
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And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that.
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There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.
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The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side.
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The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting.
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I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.
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Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war.
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The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development.
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A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese - American relations.
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