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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

Not to mention that the new parliament in Taiwan is a conservative parliament and leans more strongly toward pro-independence standpoints than the former liberal government.

Are you sure? I guess you got some wrong datas. During 2000 and 2008, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by Chen Shui Bian is the guy who avocated independence, claiming that Taiwen is a sovereign nation and even censored the word "Chinese" and "China" in some of the firms, changing them to "Taiwan"

Originally Posted by wikipedia

Chen announced on December 5 that state-owned enterprises and foreign offices bearing the name "China", such as China Airlines, the China Steel Corporation (中國鋼鐵股份有限公司), and Chinese Petroleum Corporation (中國石油股份有限公司), would be renamed to bear the name "Taiwan". On December 14, 2004, following the failure of the Pan-Green coalition to gain a majority of seats in the ROC legislative election, 2004 (as many had expected to occur), Chen resigned as chairman of the DPP. This dashed hopes that the stalemate that plagued Chen's first term would end.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Sh...erm_presidency

(deleted since my comment on Wikipedia ITSELF is not very appropriate here)

The new president, Ma Ying Jeou, has a more conservative approach. He says that the status quo should be maintained.

Originally Posted by wikipedia

Ma has defined the status quo as the "Five No's." During a visit to the United States in March 2006, he proposed a "proactive" approach to cross-strait relations which he called the "Five Do's."

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_ying...ical_positions

If you get the data wrong, I'm afraid that your post and stance becomes void

Edited since I want to respond to this as well

They are sincere in their self interest.

Yes, they are sincere in their self interest. Totally agree. China wants to deflect the focal point away from Tibet but to Boao Forum. Taiwai wants to gain economic benefits since she has been purged by it when Chen Shui Bian came to power. Taiwai hopes that air traffic between mainland and China can be opened up, welcoming mainland China tourists to Taiwai and of course, stimulate their otherwise weakened economy.