Edison Chen
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Let's start out by correcting "and a more interesting". You have made several grammatical errors in your post, please sir. I can point out the others too if you wish.
If you want to start things off by being petty about my typing skills (and others) we can run all your posts through a microscope and put you in your place.
As for how well China and Taiwan are getting along...
China Rejects Xi Meeting With Taiwan President Ma at APEC - Bloomberg
The man pictured in your post is just an "honorary" chairman of the KMT.
You know full well who the real chairman. If you do not you are completely clueless.
Ma Ying-jeou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"He is also the current Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT)"
Since the 2008 election of President Ma Ying-jeou, who favors closer ties with the mainland, Beijing has taken a more conciliatory approach. Cross-strait trade has nearly doubled over the course of Mr. Ma’s presidency, reaching $197 billion last year. Nearly three million Chinese traveled to Taiwan last year, constituting the largest single group of visitors after Taiwan’s easing of restrictions on mainland arrivals starting in 2008.
Taiwan’s economy depends on trade, and China is its biggest export destination and source of a huge trade surplus. China is central to the supply chains of Taiwanese manufacturers, and 80 percent of Taiwanese foreign direct investment goes to China. A significant add-on to the free trade agreement in the area of services and trade awaits ratification in Taiwan’s legislature.
The area across the strait from Taiwan is lined with Chinese missiles. Chinese influence and opposition restricts Taiwan’s participation in international society, including signing other bilateral and regional economic agreements. China exerts influence on hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese businesspeople residing in China, and has started to target Taiwanese politics, allegedly contributing to election campaigns, mobilizing influential supporters and investing in Taiwanese media.
Of course I know who the chairman is. The honorary chairman Lien Chan is also the chairman of KMT from 2000 to 2005. We reject the meeting because of his "president" identity, however there always should be someone who can do his job to stand out. Living in China, I've already read much more similar news like that one you posted above. Everyone can find as many negative news about the relations between China and Taiwan as he can. And that's just exactly what you westerns countries have always been trying to achieve. Even when China and Taiwan's relation is getting better, you still try to destroy the peace in many ways. I don't care about it.
See the quotes above? Chinese influence and opposition restricts Taiwan’s participation in international society, including signing other bilateral and regional economic agreements. China can trade freely with the world, but Taiwan? They have very limited choices, "Taiwan's economy rely heavily on trade", said by themselves.
China is now Taiwan’s most important trading partner – Taiwan’s largest export destination and second largest source of imports - representing over 21 percent of total trade.
In 1992, Taiwan’s total trade was over $180 billion and represented 82 percent of GDP. In 2012, Taiwan’s trade represented 140 percent of GDP and was valued at over $650 billion.
Taiwan's exports to mainland China accounted for 39.8% of the islands total exports, making China Taiwan's most important overseas market. In 2010, this number is just 28%.
So if Taiwan declares independence, the only one who suffers will be Taiwan. That's why Taiwan don't dare to do this.
Taiwan's Economic Opportunities and Challenges and the Importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership | Brookings Institution