We welcome flames. Especially from Indians, it keeps us high.
Maybe China doesn't want to do anything.
And you do know what will happen to Taiwan if major players stop their single-China policy?
We can't shoot our missiles at Chinese, even if they don't agree with us and call them Taiwanese.
With profound cultural/religion differences, without Taiwan issue, what do you think make US/China relationship is even relevant? In other words, what do China/US sit around and talk???
Without Taiwan issue and that "beloved" by some Dahli Lama, how do we know for sure whos our friend, whos potentially friendly to China, and whos are our potential adversaries? These are billion EURO research intelligence, we get it for free.
What's the worst can happen? If Taiwan did get their independence(just for the sake of saying), which country in the world would the "taiwanese" trust the most after that?
When you are holding a club of Ace with Taiwan on it, did you notice who the dealer is? Could it be chinese?