[borghead]

My personal belief is that as long as the stability of China is ensured, any type of government is tolerable. As long as China's economy and military becomes increasingly powerful, I don't really care if China is democratic or dictatorial. As for the territories lost hundreds of years ago, off course they must be brought under Chinese control again, that includes Taiwan and Mongolia.

[Lake]

>>My personal belief is that as long as the stability of China is ensured, any type of government is tolerable.

The stability of China is in the interests of the US. The Taiwan issue is the key problem China has with the US and this problem could be very dangurous if not properly dealt with since it is linked to the most sensitive nerve of the Chinese people, nationalistic sentiments. When Chinese talk about "national humiliation", there is no room for "rationale". They will be talking about "blood" or "sacrifice". The only reason for the military confrontation between China and the US is Taiwan.