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Revision as of 12:51, 16 December 2003 by Wetman (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Please explain whether Chinese reunification means:
- incorporating Taiwan into Communist China; or,
- establishing a new country out of China and Taiwan
If the article is about the first alternative, it should mention what changes Taiwanese worry may result, if their island is incorporated by the mainland government. Would they lose freedom of religion, freedom of speech, the ability to travel abroad or even emigrate?
If the article is about the second alternative, it should clarify what sort of government the new nation will be: democracy, or dictatorship, or what?
--Uncle Ed 14:33, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
None of this is clear. It depends on who "wins" or when reunification happens. The PRC would like the first option. Actually, the government advocated implementing one country, two systems, but would also allow Taiwan to keep its own military. The unificationists on Taiwan would either like to (eventually) have the mainland reincoporated by the ROC (unlikely) or have them form a joint democratic government. --Jiang 21:02, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Chinese reunification is often stereotyped as being the ideology of the Mainlander community on Taiwan, although there are many non-Mainlanders who support reunification and many Mainlanders who oppose it. In addition, the parties which do support reunification often command considerable support for reasons that have nothing to do with cross-strait relations. This is doubletalk. Who finances these 'unification' parties? Are there in fact more than one? What are the polls actually telling us? Why would non-Mainlanders want to follow the fate of Hong Kong? Wetman 12:51, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)