While the US media is occupied with Bruce Jenner’s lipstick, the President of mainland China met withe the leader of Taiwan<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-11-07\/with-long-handshake-china-and-taiwan-leaders-affirm-better-ties<\/a><\/p>\n The Chinese Civil War began in 1927 between the Communists and the Nationalist Chinese. When Japan invaded China, the two sides unified to fight Japan. After World War Two was settled, the Chinese Civil War began again, with the Nationalist forces fleeing to the island of Formosa, the main island of Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek led the country until his death in 1975.<\/p>\n The US has militarily supported Taiwan and generally provided support in the United Nations as Taiwan asserts it is a country, and not just a province of mainland China.<\/p>\n Taiwan wants to join the Trans Pacific Partnership, and many people support that idea, including Japan.<\/p>\n The China of 2015 is not the Mao China of the 1960s. Most people on Taiwan alive today don’t personally remember World War II and the Chinese Civil War.<\/p>\n Taiwan is a crowded island. It has an extremely low birth rate and a rapidly aging population. China and Taiwan are increasingly becoming large trading partners.<\/p>\n As Congress considers the TPP, they need to think ahead to what Taiwan’s entry into the TPP would mean for the countries that have an interest in the South China Sea controversy. It is conceivable that Taiwan may determine that the United States is not a reliable partner and negotiate some sort of reunification with the Mainland similar to the current status of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While the US media is occupied with Bruce Jenner’s lipstick, the President of mainland China met withe the leader of Taiwan http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-11-07\/with-long-handshake-china-and-taiwan-leaders-affirm-better-ties The Chinese Civil War began in 1927 between the Communists and the Nationalist Chinese. When Japan invaded China, … Continue reading