China and Taiwan Link Up...

This is a bigger deal than most may realize. For decades Taiwan feared that the mainland would use the guise of civilian flights to launch an attack. For the separatist government to reach an accord to allow direct flights is a remarkable achievement in Strait relations. I still do not see a quick resolution to the one China quandry. The mainland has botched the one country two systems formula in Hong Kong - not enough to destroy HK, but enough to show they do not have an understanding of civil rights or democracy. Taiwan has gone too far to go back. That is not to say that Taiwan will declare its independence it's just that giving up their sovereignty and their system of government seems out of the question.