Even without military action or a regional war, the prospects for Taiwan’s people and economy look gloomy


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The “one country, two systems” principle that first formally emerged in 1984 as a foundation for Hong Kong’s 1997 reunification was always a bigger idea than applied just to Hong Kong (or Macau). The “castle on the hill” was always Taiwan, China’s “renegade province”. But in the 38 years since, efforts to frame the idea as a basis for reunification with Taiwan have made negligible progress, despite three white papers from Beijing and huge diplomatic and business efforts to strengthen bonds. If anything has been crystallised by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei, it is that four decades of...