Commenting on a report by the ROC Coast Guard Administration's eastern Taiwan patrol branch that its patrol officers sighted equipment suspected to be periscopes on a mainland Chinese submarine on May 29, Wu said the navy had sent warships to inspect the nearby waters. However, they didn't detect any signs or traces of mainland submarines. I don't think that the two countries will come to blows, bombs or bloodshed. Think of the cigarette market. Think of the cars, VCRs, CDs and things that we can sell to them.
ROC is small potatoes compared to big brother across the strait.
The Chinese are pragmatists. 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.