Reunification of Tiawan and China? Sure, once they're both democracies and their respective citizens vote for it.
Might as well add red China to the end of the line of dominos.
I'd love to hear PRESIDENT Bush call for a democratic China...I bet he talks about it behind closed doors often and alot. Probably waiting for the Mideast to cool off before he drops this bomb..
Another insight into the ChiComs control problems, the Big Domino may be tilting.
Peacefully? Maybe. Probably not, though. China is noted for catacylsmic civil wars. Mao's Cultural Revolution, the Taiping Rebellion etc.
With 17% of the 1.2 Billion Chinese unemployed, the government is having a hard time keeping all of these people in the military, or on government controlled payrolls. USSR had the same problem, but won't have to give up so easy because they don't spend all their money on bullets and tanks, whcih the Russians found out are "hard to eat".
"It appears China is working overtime to maintain control...methinks it's just a matter of time before this very, very large house of cards comes (peacefully) crashing down. "
Yes, and they will ultimately fail. The Soviets tried to control the flow of information, and probably had more resources to do it with than the Chinese had. They used to register typewriters, like guns. But the digital age (and the Great Communicator) defeated them without a ripple and the walls came tumbling down. The Chinese wall will also fall despite their attempts to hold back the tide.