Taiwan's Biggest Mistake

As this semester and our ongoing discussions about China come to a close, I add one last tidbit of information regarding the ongoing China v. Taiwan, Goliath v. David saga. According to an article I recently came across, perhaps the most fatal of mistakes that Taiwan has commited in its cross-strait confrontation is trusting China. You can read the stats on the link below, but it is obvious that the people of Taiwan have invested so much in the growing bertha that is China's economy, that an attempt at independence would be tanamount to throwing their own money away. As Taiwan puts its assets elsewhere, it stops growing internally, and thus loses its identity in the international production market. This, I think, is an unfortunate situation. It has created a visible political divide among the economic classes in Taiwan; the rich want to be a part of China, the poor don't. Those that have money have given it to China, and well....money talks.


http://www.etaiwannews.com/showPage.php?setupFile=showcontent.xml&menu_item_id=12&did=d_1145441281_12733_9E01067CDFB1CBBD47EF1405CE2E65EC8BB3297E&area=taiwan&area_code=00000