jhungary
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China never expects a quick reunion, we care more about making us wealthy and powerful, once we achieve that goal , all other things will come with it. We don't need a chaotic Taiwan now like the one you Indians have in Kashmir to divert our attention and slow down our development. Stability is everything for today's rising China.
It wouldn't happen that way.
The question is, how China can be number one, even if China surpass US in GDP, because that, still mean the Chinese GDP still have a gap with the Taiwanese one, and economic power alone will not get you to the top, in fact, if you think the road China is currently undergoing will lead China to the top then you are delusional, the current way Chinese is going is keep isolating its neighbour, sure, it's easy to buy African nation with money, US did that, Europe did that before hand, but it won't change the fact that they only have their interest at heart, and these African will simply smile at you when they take your money and run.
The US is number 1 not because of its economic might, but on the other hand, it subdue and avoid conflict to immediate neighbour, and mot importantly, did not antagonize the former number 1 (the British empire) in fact, it help out the Brits when they are in their direst need. Not by sending money and build road, but by standing side by side with the Brits and fight off the Nazi. I would not imagine China will in anyway do that to the US, that could only mean if China is coming to number 1, that is going to be a hostile take over. And US, by then will not let China get to that point that easy, and would basically just rally to fight Chinese off, and when you compare the US soft power to China? There are no contest.
Taiwan, on the other hand, for all intend and purposes, is a separate entity, call it whatever you may, but it is a separate entity regardless, they have their own foreign policy, their own armed force, their own rules and government. You can never recover Taiwan by force, no matter how long it takes for you, because, unless the Taiwanese want to see themselves as Chinese (mainland Chinese) willingly, you are not going to force them to become one of you, they will fight you for it, and it will be like how US fight the Vietcong, British fought the Mao Mao, French fought the Indochinese, and how US fought Iraqi insurgency, all of these ended in tears. You are talking about a national identity, unless you nuke Taiwan and kill everyone living there and move your own people in, they will never be Chinese unless they want to. It is that simple.