"In remarks sure to rile Beijing, Bush said, ``Modern Taiwan is free and democratic and prosperous. By embracing freedom at all levels, Taiwan has delivered prosperity to its people and created a free and democratic Chinese society.''"
Actually NOT. Bush is walking both sides.
He basically said China should become more like Taiwan, and that Taiwan IS PART OF CHINA ("free a democratic Chinese society", instead of "free and democratic TAIWANESE society"). So he's attempting to play both sides again.
The fact is, most people in Taiwan identify themselves as being ethnically Chinese.
They can't stand the CCP, but none the less they still consider themselves ethnically Chinese of some stripe or sort.
The problem in the wording is the Communist party refers to "Chinese" as a political association, whereas the rest of us consider it a race of people.