The Chinese government recently announced the unusual measure of banning three Taiwanese politicians and their relatives from entering China or conducting business with Chinese entities. These three individuals are Premier Su Tseng-chang, Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu, and Legislative Yuan president Yu Shyi-kun...
With calls for the "normalization" of Taiwan on the rise, the climate is ripe to begin discussing the scope of what is possible and what is not possible for Taiwan at the present political moment as a means to permanently secure Taiwan's de facto independence...
As we see in Panama's breaking of diplomatic ties with Taiwan or the kidnapping of Lee Ming-Che, does China think international bullying of Taiwan is effective? What is the end goal? We can assume the CCP's eventual end goal is "reunification", but it is difficult to comprehend how political and economic bullying will win over the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese people...