i really don't give a rats ass what you think of taiwan.time will tell what will become of it. let's wait and see! taiwan will still be there, it will still be democratic just like HK.the per capita income will still be satisfactory. "facts" are more important than anything else. diplomatic relationships don't mean much when it comes to doing business, taiwan still does business with pretty much the whole world especially with guess who? China. we'll see, in due time taiwan will re-unite with china, but not on china's term because of the differences of the political system and people's point of views.