BEIJING, Sept 13 (Reuters) - China announced details of its plan to turn coastal Fujian province into a zone for integrated development with Taiwan, touting benefits from increased cross-strait cooperation including financial market initiatives.
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Trade between Taiwan and China is something like $270 billion. Taiwan is one of China’s biggest export partners (larger than Russia, Malaysia, France, Brazil) and one of China’s biggest import partners (literally the biggest, I think).
Cultural penetration is significant and bilateral mobility across the strait is very high. Anyone who seriously sees hot war as a possibility is delusional. At worst, we may see a Kennedy-style quarantine of Taiwan if too many US weapons make their way to the island.
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BEIJING, Sept 13 (Reuters) - China announced details of its plan to turn coastal Fujian province into a zone for integrated development with Taiwan, touting benefits from increased cross-strait cooperation including financial market initiatives.
At the same time, Beijing envisions “reunification” at some point and persists in crafting long-term economic and social plans for Taiwan, promising gains from increased trade and investment.
The statement said Beijing would support innovative ways of cross-strait capital cooperation and encourage the setting up of an integration development fund, without further details.
While seeking to enhance access for Taiwanese investors, China will also create a more “relaxed” environment for cross-strait travel, according to the statement.
Strait Innovation Internet Co (300300.SZ), a state-controlled firm in Pingtan, China’s closest point to Taiwan island, saw its shares soar 20%, the daily upper limit.
Details of the Taiwan-Fujian development plan were announced just months before Taiwan goes to the polls in January to elect a new president for the next four years.
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Seems like a good thing. Helps lead towards a more sympathetic and symbiotic relationship and a stepping stone to peaceful relations between the two countries. Anything that gets them further from a hostile invasion is a step in the right direction.
Honestly I don’t see China wanting to invade unless Taiwan declares independence. They would simply lose too much. Invasion is more about setting boundaries to what Beijing will accept rather than a concrete unification plan.
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Taiwan-China relations were downright friendly until 2016. Not really sure what’s changed since then.