The Ultimate Victory In the War is not having to go to the War!!
& Without having to loose a single soldier's & people!!
Now let's us examine the Geographical relationship with the 2 locations. Taiwan originally is part of the earth plate of Southern China.
The settlement of mainland "Chinese" to Taiwan even far back to Sung Dynasty, However, I believe it may be even earlier. Then in Ming Dynasty, Dutch army have occupied for some 60 years, not till the Admiral Zhen Shen Kong of Ming Dynasty driven the Dutch Imperial Force.
Then Later the Prince of "Ching Dynasty", both the Prince "Chien Long" later he become the emperor of "Chin" & Prince "Jia Zhing" have traveled from Beijing to Taiwan Just before the end of "Ching" Dynasty, as the government is weak & also due to the war between the 8 Nations, then their imperial government have not have time & resources to take care of Taiwan.
With the North Eastern part of China have been facing the War between Russia & Japan, the Empress Doweger have order to cut losses by given the Land of Siberia & Eastern seaboard 3 provinces to Japan, according the history, Taiwan is colonized by the Japan for some 60 years. In additional she also given Money & Gold to Russia & Japan. As well as the Lease teritory of the 8 Nations.
When Generalsimo Chiang retreated to Taiwan, he had conscripted all those boys that 16th & above from Thong Shang Island; my late parents home town; to become his force in Taiwan!!
Looking at the language & dialects that people in Taiwan speaking now is mainly Mandarin & Tai Yi; where there is no difference between Thong Shang Yi & Taiwan Dialect!! As explained that the Thong Shang people for the past 2,000 years are fishermen & they have set up their homes in Taiwan.
If one examine the Food, culture & Religion of Taiwan, you would discovered that it is more than 100% is identical to those in the Southern province of China & especially Thong Shang Island.
Let us now look at the Economic positions, the 4 Dragons of Asia after 1997 economic crisis. All their competitiveness in Economy is lossing to China. But the Businessmen in these counties do sees the opportunity of Greater China as their Domestic Market & their base for their survival. With the Race & Language & culture advantages, these businessmen have returned to China as far back as 1980's.
When I travel in China, I have found that there are more Taiwanese Businessmen that who have settled in China & make a success in life, even they might not make it in Taiwan, they Make it in China. There is more advantages for then both in terms of opportunities & Living standard. These is more so for the Taiwanese & than those Chinese Businessmen from, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Philippines, Australia!!
Even if we looking back into the history Korea were the protective state of China in the Last dynasty of China!!
I stronly believed that the Taiwan people have their roots from China & they have relatives & friends in China, it is not the will & interest of the people in both places to see that they have to go to War because of the difference in opinions between a big family.
Knowing that Chinese culture is always family culture & Economy; come 1st, & also the issue of Face value. The peace & prosperity of both land is what the Chinese people & Chinese Race of the world.
Therefore, my opinion is that be it the Power or Political play between both, the Chinese Family afairs is best settle by the family.
China: Law Would Allow Action Vs. Taiwan
China Unveils Law Authorizing Military Action if Taiwan Seeks Formal Independence
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN The Associated Press
Mar. 8, 2005 - China unveiled a law on Tuesday authorizing military action to stop rival Taiwan from pursuing formal independence, but said an attack would be a last resort if peaceful means fail.
Taiwan immediately lambasted the legislation, calling it a pretext for attack that "gives the (Chinese) military a blank check to invade Taiwan."
"Our government lodges strong protest against the vicious attempt and brutal means ... to block Taiwanese from making their free choice," Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, which handles the island's China policy, said in a statement.
Chinese leaders say the law is meant to curb what they claim is an effort by Taiwan's president to make the self-ruled island's independence permanent. The legislation drew strong and immediate protest from Taiwan as an attempt to dominate the island.
The proposed law, read out before China's figurehead parliament by one of the body's leaders, doesn't give details of what developments might trigger an attack on Taiwan. The two sides have been separated since 1949 but Beijing claims the self-ruled island as its own territory.
The communist mainland has threatened repeatedly to invade if Taiwan tries to make its independence permanent, and the new law doesn't impose new conditions or make new threats. But it would codify the legal steps required before China would take military action.
"If possibilities for a peaceful reunification should be completely exhausted, the state shall employ nonpeaceful means and other necessary measures to protect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," said Wang Zhaoguo, a leader of the National People's Congress, as he read from the law.
A leading member of Taiwan's parliament called on Chinese leaders not to act rashly, saying they should "rein in the horse before the precipice."
"We will not accept any resolution to allow the Chinese communists to unilaterally decide Taiwan's future," said Chen Chin-jun, a member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. "We will reject China's annexation and safeguard Taiwan's sovereignty and democracy."
Chinese officials say the law was prompted in part by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's plans for a referendum on a new constitution for the island. Beijing worries that it might include a declaration of formal independence.
"Every sovereign state has the right to use necessary means to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity," Wang said.
The United States has appealed to both sides to settle Taiwan's future status peacefully and says it doesn't want to see either change the status quo unilaterally. Washington is Taiwan's main arms supplier and could be drawn into any conflict over the island.
A final vote on the law is scheduled for March 14. It is certain to pass, because the NPC routinely approves all legislation already decided by Communist Party leaders.
Wang repeated Chinese complaints that Taiwanese independence activists are a "serious threat to peace and security in the Taiwan Straits and the Asia-Pacific region as a whole."
The legislation lays out legal requirements for taking military action, saying the Chinese Cabinet and the government's Central Military Commission "are authorized to decide on and execute nonpeaceful means and nonpeaceful measures."
China and Taiwan have no official ties and most direct travel and shipping between the two sides is banned. But Taiwanese companies have invested more than $100 billion in the mainland and the two sides carry on thriving indirect trade.
Until recently, China military was thought to be incapable of carrying out an invasion across the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Strait. But Beijing has spent billions of dollars in recent years on buying Russian-made submarines, destroyers and other high-tech weapons to extend the reach of the 2.5 million-member People's Liberation Army.
Chinese leaders have appealed repeatedly in recent months for Taiwan to return to talks on unification. But they insist that Taiwanese leaders must first declare that the two sides are "one China" a condition that Chen has rejected.
ABC News: China: Law Would Allow Action Vs. Taiwan
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