Yeah... 'eventual reunification' means something like another half century to me. Or sometime inbetween now an a half century later, morerather. If it is by peaceful methods that is.
Yay and nay. On one hand, the people make a big difference in decisions, even in the PRC. On the other hand, the people of the mainland have wanted reunification for a long time, independent of their government. Do they have it? Consider the situation in the Korean penninsula. Many on both sides of the barbed wire [civilians] wanted reunification long ago. But do they have it? No. Because the South Korean government is too close to the US, who is against Communism and the North Korean government is too close to China, who want the US out of Asia. The result is over a half century of seperation. Recognize that in many countries, even Democratic ones, what the people want and what the government gives them are sometimes two entirely seperate things.
Thus a problem with democracy, although I still find unification is possible in both cases it will be a very long time until it has happens, what is certain we won't be able to debate it with each other when the time comes.
