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...TIME: Could Taiwan survive a military attack from the mainland? Chen: For the defense of Taiwan we are compelled to purchase modern and advanced defensive weapons. It is not a choice -- we are forced to do so. The PRC missile deployment and military build-up are aimed not only at Taiwan but also seriously threaten the interests of the U.S. and Japan in the western Pacific region. If conflict breaks out, the impact will not be limited to one place or to the two countries directly involved. Taiwan's security must be protected, but there is no need for that...
...TIME: Why not allow more mainlanders into Taiwan -- more tourists, more journalists? They'd be able to see what's happening in Taiwan and take that information back. Chen: We aren't opposed to that. Every day there are at least 100,000 people from the mainland engaged in various kinds of work or activities here. Even a country as large as Japan has to set limitations on tourists from the PRC -- a small place like Taiwan must also cautiously evaluate and consider opening up more fully. We need to draw up a comprehensive plan...
...TIME: What benefit, if any, would unification with the mainland bring to Taiwan? Chen: Lin Yi-hsiung, the former chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, has repeatedly called on the PRC to explain the benefits of unification. But the people of Taiwan cannot accept being a local government or a province of the PRC. The will of the 23 million people against being swallowed up by the PRC or living the kind of life lived by people in the PRC is clear and determined...
...Taiwan's two greatest assets?silicon chips and human brainpower?are fleeing to China. The island produces 10% of the world's integrated circuits, more than 60% of its motherboards and most of its notebook computers. All of those businesses are finding futures on the mainland, thanks to lower wages and a ready supply of bargain-priced engineering talent. At the same time, Taiwan's own workforce, among the world's most inventive and productive, is opting for China, not just as a place to invest in but a good place to live. Roughly 300,000 people, mostly managers, have...
...decades, Beijing has lured Taiwanese investment to its shores hoping to make the island more economically beholden, and it's a strategy that has worked. In the 1980s, Taiwan's entire sneaker industry ignored a Taipei-imposed ban on investment, laced itself up and moved to the mainland. As China's economy boomed through the 1990s, the island's investments there rose steadily to current estimates of $45 billion. If Taipei hadn't lifted many of the restrictions, it was at risk of turning its top executives into a criminal caste...