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East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century.

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The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development.

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The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side.

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A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese - American relations.

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You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime.

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Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war.

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I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.

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There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.

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The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully.

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So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want.

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Educator

Born: Unknown

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