The People’s Republic of China officially views Taiwan as a “sacred and inseparable part of China’s territory.” Yet, Taiwan is currently a de facto independent country with its own territory, economy, democratic government, and military. This obviously causes the leaders in Beijing no small degree of heartburn. To make matters more troubling for Beijing, the people of Taiwan express an increasing sense of Taiwanese identity and a dramatically declining interest in any form of unification with China. The Taiwanese value their sovereignty, their democracy, and their lifestyles, and they see any move toward China as a threat to all of those.
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