So the one and only vested sacred motherland is not to be separated in any way and all creatures with Chinese blood running in their body are forever subjects of the one and only Chinese Nation. There no ands, ifs, or buts about it. So Taiwan's hundred years of separation did not alter the grand scheme of things. No matter how the Taiwanese people might have forged their own identity, culture, lifestyle, political orientation, and language, they are not to be allowed to stray away from the motherland. Therefore Taiwan is an inseparable part of China, and Taiwanese are compatriots of China, no matter what. This kind of absolute and unswerving "Grand China-ism" mindset and mentality is prevalent even outside of China in every Chinatown the world over. I often wonder, following this theory, China must consider each Chinatown in the whole world its extra-territorial sub-station outside of the host country's sovereignty. It is particularly unfair to apply and insist on such an outdated concept, which is devoid of logic and reality, on today's Taiwan when you think of today's Singapore, Outer Mongolia, or, if you go back far enough, to Korea's past and its Chinese origin. How about Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma? Do these countries have to be part of China too?

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     Taiwanese people have been conveniently used as a scapegoat and imaginary enemy by the Chinese rulers to divert its people's attention away from its internal problems and to mobilize its people to wrap up their proclaimed "unfinished revolution and unification of motherland." The hostility directed at Taiwan by these rulers is deep-rooted, dating back to the Civil Way between Chiang and Mao and so profound that it simply lingers on in spite of the passing of the Chiangs and their henchmen. Taiwanese people and their leaders who played no part in that war can only be guilty by association, I guess. Recently, China swore that President Lee Teng-Hui will be barred from visiting Japan after he leaves office. As a guest to a host country that has legislated a Taiwan Relations Act calling for peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue, Chinese Premier Zhu had the nerve to openly and falsely liken this unrelated and irrelevant issue to the American Civil War more than a century ago, just so that he and his countrymen could have an example to emulate and justify their resorting to the use of force against the innocent Taiwanese people and their leaders. To these aged leaders full of vengeance and hatred, letting Taiwan and its people go would not be face-saving and face-saving is a big deal in Chinese politics. To let go of Taiwan would also pose a problem with Tibet and Chinese Turkestan, among others.