Re: Taiwan leader: China unification unlikely 'in our lifetimes'

On May 21, 9:02=A0am, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:22:03 -0700 (PDT), demoris...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> >Taiwan leader: China unification unlikely 'in our lifetimes'
>
>
>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iy-eiL6SQss9s-x12ll6dxpWUNFwD90M4GQ81
>
> >Taiwan's new leader Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday that unification with
> >longtime rival China is unlikely "in our lifetimes" because the
> >Taiwanese oppose the mainland's authoritarian rule.
>
> >...
>
> Sounds like Ma doesn't expect to live into ripe old age. =A0You know the
> reason why?

I think the point is that the 2 sides, despite the improved relations,
are still very far apart on the issue of unification. The people of
Taiwan simply have no interest in it at this point.