Heart goes out to Taiwan but my mind is for China

Yup,

finaaally, time for me to input my reflections for this taiwan issue.. was so bussy the last few weeks..

China threat to reclaim her "renegade province" by force is something that defn must be taken seriously.
When i was in china last year for an exchange program, i have had the opportunity to asl my china frens this sensitive topic. Their unequivocal response was that Taiwan is part of china and they will be willing to shed blood to bring them back. Mind u, those students that i talked to were the more liberal generations. They were the cream of the crop and have exposure to the outside world, with a very modernistic outlook. If these people believe in that, wat more than the traditional, older chinsese.

However, though, i believe that since Taiwan is separated fr China for so long, and have already their own customs and traditions, they don feel belong to China. Moreover, as we have seen in HK, china has already break many of its promises on democracy. Just last month, as my HK fren, Ferris told me, there was a popular march, protest of abt 500,000 pple across the streets of hk. It just goes to show how increasingly upopular china rule is in HK. Freedom indeed is precious. Imagine u as a young teenager, do u want a step mother to constantly boss over u? no rite... Taiwan has already in place a strong economy with a vibrant democratic political system, excellent infrastructure, it is pointless for them to rerport to ano superior authority in China.

All said, the status quo is still the best. War should be no answer to any difficult questions. War is ridiculous. At the Normandy D day celebrations in June this year, the German Chancellor, Gerard Shoeder(forgt to spell his name) together with Bush and Jacques Chirac, walked along the infamous beach in memory of this significant event. All hatred seems to have been forgotten, Germans and the French are now best of frens. Just 50 years ago, they were at each others' throat. If a war is to be started between 2 chinese(taiwan and china), there will be disastrous consequences, with America obligated by Congress to help Taiwan, 2 of the world biggest econonmy will be be under serious threat. Limitless ramifications too.. Hence, though, my heart is for Taiwan, to prevent war, taiwan shld not call for independence and ultimately, in the long run, be reunited.