>Ultimately the aim of re-unifying the whole of China is a deep national and political undertaking, not an economic or financial one, so a level of economic/fin

>Ultimately the aim of re-unifying the whole of China is a deep national and political undertaking, not an economic or financial one, so a level of economic/financial cost would be accepted. Westerners are incredibly selectively blind when it comes to nationalism. They pretend no one believes in it any more then every 20 years or so they blow up the world with it. Last time was 9/11, before that was German unification. I can't fathom the self delusion this takes.