12-13-2017, 01:18 PM
(12-12-2017, 11:41 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: *** 13-Dec-17 World View -- China's warplanes conduct 'encirclement' patrols around Taiwan's and Japan's islands
You can't encircle a major island with air patrols. I think perhaps a more accurate translation would be "circumnavigation" patrols.
I don't think the KMT's position is an actual shift, but rather a reaction to changing conditions on the mainland. Some kind of power sharing arrangement could have been possible with mainland leaders from Deng to Hua, but Xi is too autocratic to be willing to share power with the KMT in return for reunification.