In effect they agreed to disagree under the banner of a reunified China. With the Nationalists dethroned and fractured, China is confronted with a new Taiwan governed by a party that, no matter how conciliatory it sounds, has no truck with the Nationalist dream. Chris Taylor is the author or co-author of the Lonely Planet guides to China, Tibet and Japan, and of the Insider's guides to Nepal and China. He has also written for the Asian Wall Street Journal, the Daily Telegraph and the Australian. He lives in Taiwan.
Chinese leaders say no to a proposal for peace talks as equals.
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