I agree 100% except I think that Mainland China will never give up on gobbling up the real estate. They would "lose face", something they will never permit.
I also think the Taiwanese also accept the status quo and are more than willing to give up any claim to sovereignty as long as the mainland Chinese reciprocate, the hard nut to crack is the mainlanders insistence that Taiwan (Formosa) is irrevocably a part of the whole of China.
Regards,
GtG
PS Maybe we should John Kerry to negotiate? Just kidding, he's probably give them Hawaii too. Just a thought, we could give them California, they could move some of the factories that produce the junk we buy from them back here, they'd save shipping expenses and California would have more jobs than they'd know to do with...A win-win, I should quit my day job!
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If China were smart they have a great trading partner in Taiwan and in South Korea. If they let NK collapse, a united Korea would not have any foreign forces (except maybe a US naval base for old times sake) and they would gain a pretty peaceful neighbor. As a matter of fact I think Korea would agree in a heartbeat to put no military forces north of the 38 once united.