The Cause and the Effect of the Taiwan Strait Conflict
With the pro-status quo Kuomintang (Nationalists) in power again in Taiwan after eight years under pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, it seems that, at least for now, the growing movement toward formal independence of Taiwan from the Republic of China (ROC) has been thwarted. But as I have repeatedly observed in Taiwan, the common Taiwanese people, especially among the younger generations with no memories of the ROC's presence on the Chinese mainland, the entire concept of ROC means little if anything.