Always have been. They will do whatever it takes to make a buck, a yen, a mark or a pound. Yes, the PRC leaders are obsessed with returning the ROC to the motherland. I don't think that the U.S. has any place in the reunification of China, in the Chinese eyes, that is. They couldn't care less about us.
China has deep respect and belief in their aging people.
China's leaders have always and always been the ancient ones. Hahaha, and they DO seem to live on and on and on and on. The Catholic Church's Bishop of Shanghai, in prison for over 40 years, was released. He is in his nineties and still functioning quite well. He has resumed his duties as Bishop.