I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.

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  There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.

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  The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have d

• William C. Kirby:

  East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since th

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  So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the

• William C. Kirby:

  The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan o

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  Taiwan is a major economy.

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  The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful

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  The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously

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  So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition.

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