Not in the shadows, but rather in the limelight of the visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, we now have available China’s white paper, issued freely for all to read. My comments here will not state the obviously expected: China remains determined that Taiwan is a natural, historical and cultural component of the Chinese nation, and of — in a broader spirit — Chinese civilization. All of this is one compounded “indisputable fact.” There seems little point in analyzing this well-known position.
What is of great interest is the manner, if any, in which the present Chinese