Taiwan and China

November 3, 2025

An impressive and scholarly paper on Taiwan as an integral part of China; historical, legal and geopolitical analysis. However, I feel you did not give sufficient weight to the desires of the Taiwanese population which strives to maintain its democratic forms of government as opposed to the 5000 years plus history of China!

The one-China policy did not work well for a majority of the Hong Kong community! You assert that peaceful reunification, consistent with both historical precedent and national law, remains the only viable path forward. This is most likely to preserve stability in the Taiwan Straits and prosperity for Chinese on both sides but may be not for the Taiwanese side given the Hong Kong experience! Clearly, peaceful unification would be desirable if China adhered to the “one country two systems” policy adopted by the great Chinese statesman Deng Xiaoping!